Czech Republic

The Czech Republic faced a shortage of new housing construction after the fall of the centrally planned economy in the early 1990s. In 1996 the new government listed housing as a top priority, and to slowly raise the cost of energy to market levels by 2002-2005.

Reduce Emissions of GHG, notably CO2, by increasing the efficiency and reliability of heat and power supply to the city of Kyjov and to a local glass factory (Vetropak Moravia Glas s.a.

The objectives of the project, as stated in the Staff Appraisal Report (SAR), were to improve power plant efficiency, reduce air pollution in northern Bohemia and thereby improve the environment and health of the local population; modernize the transmission system; and facilitate interconnection

The principal objective of the Project was to assist the Czech Republic in the costeffective phaseout of ODS production and consumption by 1996, as mandated by the Montreal Protocol.