{"id":3687,"date":"2019-06-26T14:20:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T12:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/master.k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/czech\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2019-11-06T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:37:40","slug":"dozens-of-protesters-interrupted-the-agm-of-cez-against-the-sale-of-coal-power-plant-pocerady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/czech\/tiskova-zprava\/3687\/dozens-of-protesters-interrupted-the-agm-of-cez-against-the-sale-of-coal-power-plant-pocerady\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of protesters interrupted the AGM of CEZ, against the sale of coal power plant Po\u010derady"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dozens of Greenpeace activists are protesting at the CEZ Annual General Meeting against the planned sale of the Pocerady power plant. The protest started after the management of the company refused the minority shareholders‘ proposal to include Po\u010derady as a topic for discussion at the AGM.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Six protesters stood around the main stage, demarcating the place of protest with a tape labeled \u201cCLIMATE CHANGE CRIME SCENE\u201d. Dozens of other protested in front of the main room. They have banners asking to clo<\/span>se down<\/span> the Po\u010derady power plant and end the coal age. By selling its largest coal-fired power plant Po\u010derady to private hands, CEZ can destroy the state climate and energy plans and prolong the coal industry in the Czech Republic for decades.<\/span><\/p>\n

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AGM of \u010cEZ was interrupted by Greenpeace protest.<\/p><\/div>\n

The protest followed an earlier Greenpeace happening, which took place before the general meeting. One of CEZ’s shareholders dressed in a coal costume and went to thank the company for its intention to support coal in the future, for example by selling the Pocerady power plant instead of closing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Po\u010derady Power Plant is one of the oldest coal-fired power plants in operation in the Czech Republic; its oldest parts were built 50 years ago. At present, the plant is the largest producer of greenhouse gases – it emits 5.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year, roughly equivalent to all freight transport emissions in the Czech Republic. At the same time, it is the largest Czech air polluter with toxic and highly poisonous mercury emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sale of the power plant to controversial coal tycoon Pavel Tyka\u010d, who wants to run it for decades, would break the state’s climate and energy strategy. Its long-term operation is not foreseen by the State Energy Concept of the Czech Republic. Po\u010derady Power Station burns 10 tons of coal every minute, but two thirds are burnt in vain due to the low efficiency of the plant. The rest could easily be done without as due to the high amount of electricity that the Czech Republic exports – currently, exports are 2.5 times higher than the amount the power plant produces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Daniel Bene\u0161, the CEO of the majority-owned state company \u010cEZ, is striving to sell the power plant. Despite that in 2017, the Supervisory Board of CEZ did not approve the sale for 10 billion crowns, because it was not enough for the company, whereas now there is a risk that the sale could be made for only 2 billion crowns.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ji\u0159\u00ed Je\u0159\u00e1bek, Greenpeace Energy Campaign Coordinator says: <\/b>
\n<\/b>\u201cCEZ is now at a crossroad. We want it to stop the controversial sale of Po\u010derady power plant to coal tycoon Pavel Tyka\u010d, and close the plant instead. But so far it seems that the company wants to sell it to controversial entrepreneur Pavel Tyka\u010d, who, on the contrary, hopes to be able to burn coal in Po\u010derady as long as possible, and doesn\u2019t care about any commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and conventional pollution at all.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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