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The study summarizes the knowledge about wind energy potential in the Czech Republic and discusses various issues connected with its possible exploitation. Scenarios of future wind energy utilization are also included.

The European Union called for the need to change the current model of production and consumption. From the linear model it seeks to move to the circular economy model. In this model traditional “take-make-use-dispose” approach is replaced by a reduction in input raw materials, a product durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability and waste reduction. The EU “circular economy package” adopted in 2018, brings specific requirements in the area of waste management. It requires an increase in recycling and a reduction in landfilling. The Czech legislation, following EU scheme, took into account the requirements of the circular economy in the “waste package” approved in December 2020.

Nuclear energy moves to the forefront of the public debate. In 2020, drifts towards new reactor construction at the Dukovany nuclear power station and shortlisting candidate sites for siting the deep geological repository of nuclear waste foreshadowed this development. Political stances towards the nuclear divide in Central Europe: V4 countries take nuclear as instrumental to the low-emission energy transition, Germany and Austria, on the other hand, foresee the future without nuclear energy. Czech debate reflects interests on both sides. A new alternative has entered the debate in the recent decade: to use so-called small nuclear reactors as a means of energy production. The article presents the results of a representative public opinion survey that focused on attitudes toward the possible introduction of small modular reactors technology in the Czech Republic.