(CIANEWS) - Solar and wind power plants (RES) produced 3.7% of electricity in the Czech Republic. The Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Síkela (for STAN) also said that in the EU as a whole, they accounted for 22% of total production. For 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic received applications for subsidies for the installation of photovoltaic power plants worth CZK 9bn.