Construction of photovoltaic power plants in the Třeboňsko Protected Area

Number of photovoltaic power plants increased rapidly in the Czech Republic in the years 2009 and 2010. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to review the legal limits of the construction in the studied area, the ratio of permitted buildings in Třeboňsko Natural Protected Area and outside this area. Then to find out the decisive kriteria of the stakeholders who participate on the permition procedure or to determine other factors that could influence the results of the permition procedure. The construction of photovoltaic power plants affects the landscape character in Třeboňsko protected area. Třeboňsko protected area was compared with Trhosvinensko, Lipnicko and Stráž nad Nežárkou areas. The number of the planned plant buildings in both areas, the issued number of positive and negative statements with the justification included, the functional utilization of the area for the construction of the photovoltaic power plant, the number of the issued decisions in the individual years and the comparison of realized photovoltaic power plants in the monitored areas was monitored. It was found during the evaluation that the positive decisions were issued for the areas where the landscape has been already disrupted by the other constructions in the past. The negative decisions were issued for construction of the photovoltaic power plant in the open landscape. Only the intentions in former industrial or agricultural sites and in the urban areas were implemented.