Economic, fiscal and ecological aspects of heating production industry in the Czech Republic

This Bachelor thesis describes the current state of the heat production industry and identifies issues and challenges which this industry faces due to the efforts to slow down or completely halt the global warming. The state of the heating industry is described in the theoretical part of this thesis. Furthermore, the theoretical part of this thesis examines individual problems which frequently originate from the regulation which continuously intensifies, as a result of the political and societal pressure to achieve the carbon neutrality. In the practical part, this thesis aims to determine the key factors affecting the cost development of the coal heat production plants and of such heat production plants that are going to switch to the natural gas as the fuel source. Subsequently, the cost development of both above stated options is compared using the demonstration heat production plant and in order to establish whether the transition to the more environmentally friendly fuel in terms of the carbon footprint is economically rational choice, an evaluation is conducted. The further possible development of the heat production industry in the Czech Republic is outlined in the conclusion of this thesis.