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In terms of technical complexity, it will be one of the most demanding projects in the history of the Czech Republic, worth billions of crowns. The important project must not disrupt the operation of the key Czech emission-free power plant. Selected control and management systems will be partially renewed and upgraded by Westinghouse as their original supplier. Westinghouse has the greatest knowledge of its system, apart from CEZ itself, which strengthens the safe course of the upgrade.

The planned outage lasted two months.

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.