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Power engineers use smart solutions to retain water in the region
The new infiltration basins at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant should contribute to the restoration of the ground water level in the locale in upcoming years. The power plant has completed its first, near the new parking lot. Another infiltration basin will be created during the construction of a new administrative building. In addition to retaining water in the countryside, power engineers also focus on cost savings, in particular in the form of treatment and new technologies.
11. 3. 2021
ČEZ helps build Europe´s hydrogen energy via Sunfire, most recently in France and Spain
Germany’s Sunfire, in the portfolio of the ČEZ Inven Capital investment fund, is launching major new projects. In France, production of green aircraft fuel will be launched, while in Spain, hydrogen will help decarbonise the country’s ceramics industry. Europe is increasingly focusing on hydrogen as a substitute for fossil fuels. Hydrogen production capacity of more than 1 GW is currently in operation in the EU and another nearly 200 projects are in the pipeline.
9. 3. 2021
ČEZ’s small hydro power plants increased their production by 16% and rewrote record tables, thanks to upgrades
Small hydro power plants from the portfolio of ČEZ Obnovitelné zdroje grew by more than 229 million kWh of power in 2020, which is a year-on-year increase by 16% and the largest growth in the last 6 years. Their production would cover the annual consumption of more than 65,000 Czech households. Small hydro sources are also beginning to see the effect of the largest upgrade in the history of Czech hydro power, in which more than 38 machinery sets, worth more than CZK 3 billion, were restored in all types of ČEZ Group power plants throughout the country.
16. 2. 2021
Škoda Auto and the energy company ČEZ will build another photovoltaic power plant in Mladá Boleslav
ŠKODA AUTO is putting increasing emphasis on energy from CO2-neutral sources. To that end, it will expand its cooperation with the energy company ČEZ. Agreement was reached today by Thomas Schäfer, Chairman of the Management Board of ŠKODA AUTO, and Daniel Beneš, Chairman of the Management Board of ČEZ. From the second half of this decade, the energy required for the production of cars and components at ŠKODA AUTO production plants in the Czech Republic will be derived 100% from renewable sources. Another joint project of ŠKODA AUTO and ČEZ is the construction of the largest rooftop photovoltaic power plant in the Czech Republic, which will be deployed at the main ŠKODA AUTO plant in Mladá Boleslav later this year.