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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.

The Berlin company Forto, whose last round of $ 50 million funding was led by the CEZ Group's Inven Capital fund last autumn, has now achieved a valuation over $ 1.2 billion, becoming a so-called unicorn after five years of existence. The rapidly growing start-up in logistics has received $ 240 million from experienced global players such as Softbank, Citibank or G Squared, and current investors are increasing their investments in the company. Forto operates in Europe and Asia, has about 2,500 customers and over 500 employees. By 2025, Forto wants all transport to be climate neutral.

At the weekend, Unit 1 of Temelín NPP started to produce electricity again. Due to planned refueling, the operators shut Unit 1 down on March 26. The outage lasted for 56.5 days and took place in a strict covid regime. The technicians have daily tested on average five hundred workers during the outage. Together with the Dukovany power plant, all six nuclear units are currently in operation.

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.