Government action plays a pivotal role in ensuring secure and sustainable energy transitions and combatting the climate crisis. Energy policy is critical not just for the energy sector but also for meeting environmental, economic and social goals. Governments need to respond to their country’s specific needs, adapt to regional contexts and help address global challenges. In this context, the International Energy Agency (IEA) conducts Energy Policy Reviews to support governments in developing more impactful energy and climate policies.
This Energy Policy Review was prepared in partnership between the Government of the Slovak Republic and the IEA. It draws on the IEA's extensive knowledge and the inputs of expert peers from IEA member countries to assess the Slovak Republic’s most pressing energy sector challenges and provide recommendations on how to address them, backed by international best practices. The report also highlights areas where the Slovak Republic’s leadership can serve as an example in promoting secure clean energy transitions. It also promotes the exchange of best practices among countries to foster learning, build consensus and strengthen political will for a sustainable and affordable clean energy future.
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Table of Contents
- Slovak Republic 2024 1
- Table of contents 3
- Executive summary 4
- Increasing ambitions of energy and climate targets 4
- Nuclear ambitions benefit from a long-term roadmap 5
- Publicly-owned buildings should lead by example 5
- Fiscal policy should support the energy transition 6
- 1. General energy and climate policy 8
- Increasing ambitions of energy and climate targets 9
- Energy efficiency and renewable targets to 2030 12
- Streamline and accelerate permitting 15
- Just transition policies to support the energy transition and mitigate demographic change 16
- Carbon taxation and fossil fuel prices to better support the energy transition 18
- A dedicated research, development and innovation strategy to underpin the green transformation 20
- Key recommendations 22
- 2. End-use sectors 23
- Buildings 23
- Energy savings through efficiency and clean energy 23
- Renovation of the building stock needs to ramp up 25
- Energy certification systems need higher numbers and quality 28
- Promote the use of energy service companies for efficiency renovations 28
- Public buildings stock needs better data 29
- District heating provides a decarbonisation opportunity 30
- Recommendations 32
- Industry 33
- Industrial decarbonisation is critical to a successful energy transition 33
- Investment support for the industrial transition 35
- Better use of data to exploit the energy efficiency potential 35
- Innovation to support industrial transition 37
- Improving industry performance by means of energy efficiency networks 37
- Industry and grid flexibility 38
- Ensuring the availability of low-emissions gases and critical materials 39
- Recommendations 40
- Transport 42
- Road transport emissions continue to grow as car ownership becomes more prevalent 42
- Electrification reduces emissions and air pollution 43
- Biofuels and alternative fuels 45
- Modal shift to reduce private car journeys 46
- Recommendations 47
- 3. Energy security 48
- Energy infrastructure must be resilient and climate-proof 48
- Recommendations 49
- Electricity 50
- The electricity sector will become less centralised 50
- Renewables have a large growth potential 52
- Enhancing system flexibility and ancillary services 55
- Digitalisation to complement infrastructure investments 56
- Electricity prices must support efficiency goals 58
- Nuclear to remain the backbone of the electricity sector 58
- A potential role for small modular reactors 62
- Radioactive waste management strategy 63
- Recommendations 64
- Natural gas 66
- Gas sector transition needs to be mapped out 66
- Gas consumption will decline only marginally to 2030 67
- Infrastructure expansion to diversify gas supply 68
- Low-emissions gases to support decarbonisation 70
- Recommendations 74
- Annexes 75
- Acknowledgements 75
- Abbreviations and acronyms 77
- Units of measure 78
