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ČEZ Distribuce connected a record 27,628 photovoltaic power plants with an installed capacity of 298 MW to the grid in the first half of this year
ČEZ Distribuce received 35,500 applications to connect power plants and connected 27,628 photovoltaic power plants with an installed capacity of 298 MW to the grid in the last six months. The vast majority of the applications were for rooftop installations on single-family homes, with about 95 percent of the applications being for low-voltage micro plants of up to 10 kW. In comparison, ČEZ Distribuce power engineers connected 21,325 photovoltaic power plants with an installed capacity of 188 MW to the grid over the whole of last year. A total of 80,364 photovoltaic power plants with an installed capacity of 1,583 MW are currently connected to the ČEZ Distribuce grid. This year, ČEZ Distribuce will invest CZK 6.5 billion in necessary modifications to the distribution system resulting from applications to connect renewable sources.
12. 7. 2023
CEZ Opens First Line of Credit Tied to ESG Rating
A more favourable interest rate in the case of a better sustainability rating - this is the basic condition of a new line of credit that the largest Czech energy company is opening with UniCredit Bank. For CEZ, this is the first-ever LOC tied to an ESG rating. CEZ Group recently ranked among the top 15% of publicly traded companies globally in ESG, and its ESG rating is continuously improving.
21. 6. 2023
ŠKODA AUTO and ČEZ launch cooperation to decarbonise the energy sector and transport. They will test smart charging management systems and join forces to recycle batteries
*The two companies want long-term cooperation on innovative solutions for decarbonisation, energy self-sufficiency and security, savings and the circular economy
*The aim is to involve electric vehicles more actively in advanced network management and smart charging
*In cooperation with Škoda X, ČEZ ESCO will produce batteries for the energy sector from end-of-life electric car batteries
*The first such batteries in the Czech Republic will be in Rožnov and Ivančice, with others going to customers abroad
Smart energy management systems for municipalities, businesses and development projects, solutions for heating, lighting, rooftop photovoltaics, battery storage and electric vehicle charging. This is a contribution towards the great transformation of the domestic car industry and energy sector that was presented today by the leaders in Czech electromobility - ŠKODA AUTO and ČEZ. As part of broader cooperation in the modern energy sector, ŠKODA X and ČEZ ESCO, subsidiaries of the two concerns, want to involve electric vehicles more intensively in energy services and find new applications for batteries from electric vehicles. The first batteries are already on their way to customers in the Czech Republic and abroad.
15. 6. 2023
The Temelín Unit 1 produces electricity again. The planned outage lasted two months.
Today at 13 o´clock, Unit 1 of Temelín NPP started to produce electricity again. Operators have connected it to the transmission system after replacing a quarter of the fuel assemblies. Power engineers also checked the safety systems or the turbine. The containment building around the reactor also passed the leak test. They managed 18,000 activities during the shutdown, including 78 investment actions. Together with the Dukovany power plant, all six nuclear units are currently in operation. Unit 1 of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant is now planned to be shut down for inspection and refuelling.