April 9, 2015

Part II of the project Ecologization and renovation of the heating plant in Planá nad Lužnicí was completed and handed over to C-Energy Bohemia on 15 March 2015. It means that a new coal boiler K5 and the new desulphurization unit have been in trial operation since mid-March. Immediately after K5 was commissioned, the old K2 boiler was shut down. The boiler was dismantled very quickly and after Easter the area is prepared for the new K6 boiler assembling. Its completion is planned for October 2015. After K6 is completed and commissioned, the whole project of Ecologization and renovation of the heating plant worth more than CZK 1 billion will be completed. Read more information about the project in Planá nad Lužnicí in section PLANA PROJECT. Photographs from the construction process are available in the PHOTOGALLERY.

The currently operated turbine-generator TG3 (nominal output 46.5 MW) has entered the last month of its operation. At the end of April the device will be put out of operation and a general overhaul and reconstruction will be performed during the following four months. It is expected to result in a more efficient piece of equipment compatible with parameters of steam from the new boilers. The nominal output of the new turbine-generator will be 20 MW.

The project of Renovation of the heat distribution system continues with the assembly of hot-water pipelines on Silon premises. Works on steam pipelines in the northern section of the distribution system are about to be completed. The project has proceeded very quickly and is slightly ahead of the planned schedule.