Czech regional authority: Chvaletice power plant must meet stricter emissions limits

The Regional Authority in Pardubice has tightened the emissions limits for nitrogen oxides and mercury at the Chvaletice power plant. The limits are lower than the plant requested, with less stringent ones applying during emergency situations. The plant has still not managed to obtain an exemption from the emissions limits, so in its decision on the amendment to the integrated permit, the authority applied the limits set out in the so-called BAT conclusions, which have been in force since August 2021. The Czech News Agency (ČTK) learned this from a document in the unified information system IPCC. The decision is final, and the power plant did not appeal it. In the past, it said that if it failed to obtain an emissions exemption, it could even be forced to halt production.

The power plant does not want to comment on the authority’s decision, its media representative Petr Dušek told the Czech News Agency in response to a query. However, he said that after four years of intensive applied research, the plant is on track to meet the new mercury emissions limits.