Abstrakt:
The contribution analyzes the European Union legislation on renewable energy and its implementation in the Czech Republic and Sweden. The level of achieving the policy goals to make EU member states energy production more sustainable, is studied through comparison of promotion instruments used in two Member states. Both have met the 2020 national targets, however with much different share of renewable energy sources of the total energy consumption. In the conclusion lessons from member states from Implementation of the Renewable Energy Directive, are summarized.