ČEZ launches tender for Temelín extension

Czech electricity giant ČEZ has launched a tender to double the size of the existing Temelín nuclear power plant. Firms have been invited to bid for the contract worth hundreds of billions of crowns by the end of October. The winner is not likely to be declared until two or three years down the line with the two new nuclear reactors likely to take around 15 years to prepare and build. The tender has been launched although the government has not cleared the extension of the controversial power plant, an environmental impact assessment has not been delivered for such plans and the state’s revision of its energy programme is still not finalised.