A building that will affect the Czech economy for decades. The European Commission put its stamp on the new block in Dukovany

RThe construction of the Dukovany nuclear power plant does not stand in the way of the European market. Today, the European Commission approved state aid for the construction of a new block. Czech Republic sent the so-called notification of its intention to support the completion of Dukovany from Sttnchpenz two years ago. Now it received a stamp of support in Brussels.

“the task of the commission is to ensure that public support is fair, appropriate and does not lead to unnecessary distortions on the European energy market. “Eschia modified the original parameters and forged substantial bonds, which enabled the commission to approve the support within the framework of the rules on state aid,” said the European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Margrethe Vestagerov in her final verdict on the Dukovs. HN have the document available.

In the document, the commission approved the entire architecture of state aid plans. It is the equivalent of a so-called contract for difference (CfD). In this case, the owner, the EZ company, will be responsible for the purchase price. If the price on the market falls below the limit, the owner of the power plant will receive a distribution equal to

In classic CfD, however, the state does not own the electronics itself. In this case, the commission approved the fact that the state will buy it from Dukovan through a so-called state trader.

State aid Dukovany is only approved for one block. However, the notification of other blocks should be uniform in the future. Operational support is thus approved for 40 years. in its original state, eskia wanted to agree to 60 years.

There is no total amount of support anywhere in the decision.

It is estimated that the completion of Dukovany will cost up to hundreds of billions of crowns and tens of billions.