Press: ČEZ ordered equipment worth billions of crowns for controversial power plant

The daily Hospodářskě noviny reported on Wednesday that the Czech state-owned energy company ČEZ ordered a new boiler for about seven billion crowns as part of modernization measures for its controversial power plant in Prunéřov. A spokesman for ČEZ said on Wednesday that the company had not placed a final order on a boiler but was merely comparing options. Currently, an Environmental Impact Assessment of the modernization plans by the Ministry of the Environment is pending final approval. A decision is expected in a few days. In March, the environment minister stepped down after Prime Minister Jan Fischer instructed him to reach a final decision on the matter.