Recent Developments and Challenges in Energy Statistics in the Czech Republic

Anotace: Energy statistics in the Czech Republic are responding to national and EU policy-makers’ growing needs and requests for more detailed and more recent data, going beyond energy balances, as a way to support decision-making processes. While energy balances remain the most important and most used output of energy statistics, increasing emphasis in the field of energy statistics is now also being placed on energy efficiency indicators, physical energy flows and on the development of new common IT tools. This trend is being implemented within the existing European, international and national organizational set-up of institutions involved in energy statistics, in which various stakeholders at various levels have interconnected roles. This includes several institutions at the national level, and this, in turn, has necessitated increased communication and coordination between stakeholders. After presenting a synopsis of the current functioning of energy statistics, this article aims to provide an overview of the main recent developments and challenges in this field, including information about ongoing discussions regarding further developments and expected challenges in the near future, from both an international as well as domestic point of view.