Jiří Fast

“Our experience, expertise and improvements in the efficiency of our solar power plant operations has generated double-digit growth over consecutive years. We’re proud of the fact that the profits from our photovoltaic power plants remain in the Czech Republic, where we reinvest them into other projects.”

Jiří Fast vystudoval softwarové inženýrství na ZápJiří Fast graduated in software engineering from the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň and also took up placements at universities in Zwickau, Germany and Berne, Switzerland. He has been amassing business experience since the age of eighteen, when he first began trading on foreign markets in China, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Initially working in agriculture and construction, Jiří Fast began to move into solar energy. In 2007, he set up his own trial photovoltaic power plant on his industrial premises in Plzeň. In 2009, he designed another solar power facility with a capacity of 700 kW. This successful project was followed by the construction of a solar park with a capacity of 989 kW.

Today, he is one of the most experienced investors in the field of energy with renewable sources - in the last 13 years, together with Jan Chrenko, he bought 47 power plants with a capacity of 127 MW. Within the group, Jiří Fast focuses on the operation, technical and financial optimization of solar power plants with a total output of 127 MW.

Due to his wealth of experience in photovoltaics and in Czech and EU legislation regulating the operation of renewable resources, Jiří Fast has become a respected figure in the solar energy sector. Since 2012, he has been a prominent member on the board of the largest Czech industry association for photovoltaic power plant operators – Solární asociace (formerly known as the Czech Photovoltaic Industry Association, or CZEPHO). Within the organisation he is responsible for legal affairs, while also chairing several working groups dealing with current questions concerning the running of photovoltaic power plants.