Conference Efficient Energy - Nuclear Future - České Budějovice (2.EE)

It was a very prestigious event held at the Clarion Hotel in České Budějovice. The conference was attended by the students of 2.EE Electrical Power Engineering, who will study the topic of nuclear power plants and electricity generation in the next school year within the subject of power plants. 

The conference consisted of presentations by Tomáš Jirsa (Member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic), Roman Kubíček (Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic), Václav Kral (Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic), Karel Vinkler (ČEPS - Director of the Strategy Section), Ladislav Havlíček (MIT - Director of the Nuclear Energy Section) and Lukáš Novotný (ČEZ - SMR Development Strategy). The conference was moderated by Mr. Mirek Topolánek, founder of e-Stat . 

The introductory presentations covered the general situation in the energy sector, legislation, energy projects and strategies aimed at a green Czech Republic and a green city of České Budějovice. The expert lectures focused on nuclear energy. Presentations by Mr. Ladislav Havlíček focused on resource adequacy, Mr. Karel Vinkler on the development of generation resources in the Czech Republic and Mr. Lukáš Novotný on small modular reactors. Then Mirek Topolánek drew attention to the difficulty of building sources and the risks associated with the fact that the political representation and the public are not aware of the risks of not addressing the resource adequacy of the Czech energy sector and the limited possibilities of renewable sources to cover the electricity consumption chart of the Czech Republic. The conference provided the students with a detailed picture of where the electricity sector in the Czech Republic is heading, what challenges it will face and what risks will arise if coal-fired power plants are closed and other generation sources are not built in time.

(Ing. Jiří Vastl)