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Power engineers have completed construction of the country’s largest photovoltaic power plant that serves as a car park roof, known as carport. Double-sided panels were used, where the bottom side uses light rays reflected from the parked cars. With a capacity of 831 kWp, this new zero-emission source generates approximately 850 MWh of electricity per year, which covers the annual consumption of nearly three hundred households.

CEZ Group’s Dukovany II power plant has today sent out letters and started a security screening of three potential bidders for a new nuclear unit. The letters were sent to EdF of France, Westinghouse of the USA, and KHNP of South Korea. The potential bidders will submit all relevant information to ČEZ by the end of November, and the Government will then decide which potential bidders will be invited to participate in the tender.

ČEZ has intensified its transition to future emission-free energy. This is in line with its strategy that primarily aims at transforming its production portfolio to low emissions by 2030, becoming carbon neutral by 2050, and offering the best energy solutions and customs experience in the market. Vision 2030, referred to as the Clean Energy of Tomorrow, confirms CEZ Group’s ambition to be a leader in sustainable development in the Czech Republic as well as in the entire Central Europe.

Small capacity, but great potential. ČEZ uses the new photovoltaic power plant in Ledvice to test the properties and suitability of various types of panels that it wants to deploy, following the assessment, in large solar parks that the company is planning. The aggregate capacity of these sources, which will contribute to the achievement of the Czech Republic’s climate goals and commitments, should reach tens of thousands of MWs in the next 10 years. This spring, the first large power plant using solar power, located on the roof of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant parking lot, will start supplying emissions-free power to the grid. The largest solar installation in the last ten years, with a capacity of 2.3 MWp, will be built on the roofs of the automobile manufacturer Škoda Auto. It will be built by ČEZ ESCO.