Skupina ČEZ is a conglomerate of 96 companies (including the parent company ČEZ, a.s.), 72 of them in the Czech Republic. It is involved in the electricity generation, distribution, and trade. CEZ Group operates also in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia.
ČEZ owns Temelín and Dukovany nuclear power plants in Czech Republic.
BRATISLAVA, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Slovakia will open a tender this year to expand the Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear power plant, seeking to boost power capacity to meet demands of its growing economy, Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said on Monday.
“We expect that the tender will be called this year,” Jahnatek told reporters after meeting his Czech counterpart Martin Riman. (more…)
Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:04am EST
SOFIA, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s state power utility NEK said on Thursday it had asked strategic investors to file improved offers to acquire a 49-percent stake in a planned new nuclear power plant by Jan. 9.
NEK executive director Lyubomir Velkov told reporters all five short-listed bidders had been invited to sweeten their bids for the 2,000 megawatt, 4.0 billion euro ($5.75 billion) power plant at the Danube river town of Belene. (more…)
(Novinite) Bulgaria will be able to start construction works on the planned Belene nuclear power plant no sooner than 2009, the head of the country’s nuclear regulator said on Monday.
The regulator is yet to rule on the technical details of the project and the proposed safety measures, said Sergey Tsochev, who chairs Bulgaria’s Nuclear Regulation Agency. (more…)
Fri Dec 7, 2007 2:13pm GMT
BRUSSELS, Dec 7 (Reuters) – The European Commission gave a green light o the construction of a new, 4-billion-euro ($5.82 billion) nuclear power plant in Bulgaria with capacity of 2,000 megawatts, it said on Friday.
“The Commission has decided today to give a favourable opinion to the initiative of Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania (NETC) of Bulgaria to build a new nuclear power plant at the site of Belene,” the EU executive said in a statement. (more…)
The Associated Press
Published: November 5, 2007
PRAGUE, Czech Republic: The Czech Republic needs to discuss the possibility of expanding its use of nuclear power, as it faces becoming an energy importer and increasingly dependent on natural-gas exporting countries, the Czech prime minister said Monday.
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SOFIA: As governments around the world struggle to secure energy supplies, cut carbon emissions and adapt to rising oil prices, Bulgaria has adopted an ambitious solution: Construct a new nuclear power plant, the country’s second, near the northern town of Belene, across the Danube from Romania. (more…)
18 October 2007, Thursday
PM Stanishev (left) and Finance Minister Oresharski (right) have both backed the project to the hilt so far, and Bulgaria’s low foreign debt allows the cabinet to underwrite the loans.
Bulgaria’s cabinet decided on Monday to double the amount of debt it is willing to guarantee for the construction of the country’s second nuclear power plant at Belene. (more…)
BRATISLAVA, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Slovakia will probably launch a tender to build a new 1,200 megawatt nuclear plant in 2009 and has been approached by more than six potential investors, Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said on Wednesday.
The country, which needs to meet rising demand for power in the fast growing economy and replace decommissioned stations, plans to build the plant consisting of two units at the existing Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear site by 2025, he said.
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PRAGUE. JUNE 27. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE – Prague and Warsaw-listed Czech power utility CEZ, which operates the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant, filed a complaint in a regional court earlier this month against Upper Austria for its efforts to bring Temelin’s operations to a halt, Czech daily Lidove noviny (LN) reported Wednesday.
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