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An agreement with Lubelski Węgiel “Bogdanka”. For the next two years, we will advise LWB on how to prepare for the environmental impact assessment procedure, as well as support in the receipt of documents and participate in meetings with administrative authorities and other project stakeholders. The project will be carried out by our experts with many years of experience in the field: hydrogeology and geology, naturalists, specialists in water bodies and spatial analysis, and others. “We have a challenging task ahead of us,” says Przemek Żydak. – This is a project that involves mining coal in an existing mine. And coal, as we know, is on the censor today. Except that LWB has non-methane deposits, which are a strategic reserve until other sources of energy generation from RES or nuclear are built. This is an advantage of “Bogdanka” over other Polish coal mines. However, we realize that we have a lot of effort ahead of us, really a lot of work and a lot of discussions, carried out together with the investor, so that the preparations on the project meet modern standards in environmental protection.”

photo: LW Bogdanka/View of the shaft tower at Bogdanka

“The costs of implementing nuclear power” is the next article in the #AtomInAction series, which will feature publications on nuclear power. Together with energy experts from Deloitte, we take a closer look at the topic of nuclear from the perspective of technology, application and operational safety.

The cost of building nuclear power plants and the cost of the energy they produce are important parameters for assessing and selecting the directions of development of the electricity sector. In this respect, it is important to recognise that the construction of a large-scale nuclear power plant with a capacity of several gigawatts is a much more costly undertaking than the construction of any other power plant. This is the case both in overall terms and in price per unit of installed capacity. At the same time, the electricity produced by a nuclear power plant is one of the cheapest available on the market, and its costs are comparable to those of renewable electricity (taking into account system costs). In addition to the other benefits of implementing nuclear power, such as controllability of production or lack of greenhouse gas and air pollution emissions, the amount of cost is also a major factor in its importance for the country’s energy security.

The entire article can be found on the Deloitte website.

Sotis Advisors, together with PwC Czech Republic will jointly analyse documentation for the project of expanding the railway connection from the city of Prague to the Prague Ruzyne airport. Anita, as an international environmental expert, will check whether the project, which is the first railway project in the Czech Republic implemented in the public-private partnership formula, meets the requirements of EBRD. The whole project includes the extension of the existing Prague-Kladno railway line to double-track, its electrification and the construction of a new connection to the airport. “There is an ambitious task ahead of us,” says Anita. Within a few weeks, we have to check all the existing project documents, verify their compliance with the requirements of the EBRD policy, international legal standards, develop corrective recommendations and guidance for contract specifications in order to select the contractor. We work in close cooperation with Czech Railways, which has not yet implemented any PPP or EBRD project, so access to data and documents is not easy. We plan to conduct site inspection, training and interviews. We don’t have much time, so the work is intense. Our PPP project experience with the construction of tram to Mistrzejowice in Kraków, which we completed last year also in cooperation with the EBRD, will come in handy”.

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