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The Czech government has given preliminary approval for a plan by a subsidiary of electricity producer CEZ to build a nuclear power station with the government providing guarantees to help it secure cheaper financing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CEZ is 70 percent state-owned and has previously declined to invest in nuclear alone given high costs and unclear returns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A decision on construction of a unit at the Dukovany site is still years away with suppliers expected to be chosen by 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The plan presented by Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek does not specify how to handle economic viability.<\/span><\/p>\n

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While the government is keen to build new nuclear power stations, it does not want to pick up the bill, while CEZ has insisted that any investment makes a return for its owners, including minority interests.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Havlicek said the government was ready to take responsibility for any future changes in legal and regulatory environments, and help secure cheap financing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But it does not want to guarantee returns on investment, as the British government did with guarantees on future power prices sold by the planned Hinkley Point power plant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe will not go the British way of \u2018contract for difference\u2019, however we want to provide state guarantees. What they will cover is a matter of detailed discussions,\u201d Havlicek told a news conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe expect that CEZ will be the investor and CEZ will go into it with its business risk.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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CEZ said negotiations were only beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cCEZ will of course proceed in a way that the result is beneficial for all shareholders,\u201d it said in an emailed reply to a question from Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The investment into the initial unit with about 1,200 megawatt (MW) output is expected to be billions of dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It should replace capacity at Dukovany whose four 500-megawatt units will start decommissioning in 2037, and help energy needs as coal-fired capacity is gradually retired.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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