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Czech PM presents Czech EU presidency priorities in Greece ... Czech Republic could have a big problem, for example, with the heating segment in the future. These are just partial results, the final report should be handed over to the government at end-September. Premier Mirek Topolanek said today that before submitting the report to the government, he would present it for comments to a group of experts on economy, energy and environmental protection.
This commission has not yet been officially formed. Decisions on the future of nuclear energy should be made fast because construction of a nuclear power plant takes up to fifteen years, Topolanek said. Topolanek wants discussion on the completion of nuclear resources to start soon despite the fact that the Green Party is in the government coalition. This is a matter of security which no single party can influence, let alone a political party, he said. Topolanek would like administrative proceedings whose outcome would not be final to be launched. The final decision will probably not be made by his government due to the coalition agreement in which the coalition pledged not to build nuclear units, he said. Topolanek stressed at today's press conference that the commission's task was not to determine whether or not the Czech state should opt for nuclear energy. The commission's member and former industry and trade minister Vladimir Dlouhy today presented scenarios for future development of the energy sector up to the year 2050 with the opinion that development after the year 2030 is hard to predict. One of the conclusions is that the state should intervene in the energy policy only if it is in public interest or if it stems from the country's international obligations. Dlouhy denied that the commission recommended breaking environmental limits on mining. In its final report, the commission should not focus only on resources, but also on some other aspects, such as infrastructure and international circumstances, senator and former environment minister Bedrich Moldan said. Paces said the commission also dealt with energy saving. The final report will contain a separate chapter on the saving, he added. Topolanek noted that the government counted on energy saving and would invest into it, for example, revenues from the sale of the remaining carbon dioxide emission permits. "It is an excellent updating of the existing valid energy concept," former industry and trade minister Milan Urban of opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) said. The document, whose official text has not yet been submitted to journalists, contains five main recommendations. The government should support higher competition on the energy markets and re-evaluate its stance to unbundling, that is to the separation of production of energy companies from distribution. It should also recognise nuclear energy as an acceptable variant of electricity production and if CEZ intends to launch the construction of another nuclear power plant, should allow it to launch the relevant approval processes. The government should also open discussion on mining limits, introduce system support to energy saving measures and view renewable energy sources as necessary. Environment Minister Martin Bursik has already criticised the commission. He dislikes the method of work on the report and early disclosure of some results.
(Ceske Noviny)
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