The company Teplárny Brno has completed negotiations with the mayors of the city districts in Brno on the construction of a hot water pipeline from the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant. After the leaders of fourteen municipalities in Vysočina and the South Moravian Region, in whose vicinity the hot water pipeline will run, agreed to the project, the individual municipal districts also gave the green light to the project. Thanks to its implementation, a number of spaces will become available after the old boiler houses, which Teplárny Brno wants to gradually close down.
„We have kept the mayors of the city districts informed about developments and news in this important energy project. We discussed in detail how the construction of the hot water pipeline will affect their district and what benefits or limitations they have to take into account. We will continue to work with the mayors to address any key shifts in the project in a way that puts as little strain on residents' lives as possible. Our goal is to reduce Brno's dependence on gas, to reduce emissions of harmful substances in the air and, above all, to stabilize and reduce heat prices for our customers," says Petr Fajmon, CEO of Teplárny Brno.
The over 42 kilometers long heat pipeline will lead from the Dukovany power plant through undeveloped territory near 14 villages in South Moravia and Vysočina to the Brno city district of Bosonohy, from where Teplárny Brno will distribute heat through two branches in the city. The first one will be in the direction of Bohunice. This will connect the areas of Kohoutovice, Nový, Starý Lískovec, Bohunice, Bohunice University Hospital, and the university campus, extending to the area of Old Brno. Thanks to this, it will also be possible to supply future customers with the new hot water connection in the area of Staré Brno - Provoz Špitálka.
The second bypass branch will be directed to Bystrc, which will connect to this urban district and lead to the area of Královo Pole. The route will then go on to connect Komín and Jundrov and then other localities such as Královo Pole, Žabovřesky, Lesná, Vinohrady and Líšeň. The hot-water route will also include a 1,100-metre-long tunnel under the Bučín hill near Tetčice, which is part of the Bobrava Nature Park.
„Not only in these localities, we also have many gas boiler houses, which are mostly on the outskirts of housing estates. In the future, we want to completely abolish them and replace them with a small modern heat exchange station. The advantage is that the modern technology will be much smaller than the existing boiler houses. For example, new places will be created in the current premises for rent or for community use. However, we still want to discuss specific plans with the individual districts. As part of the excavation work, mayors can also count on repairing pavements or roads," adds Petr Fajmon, the general director of Tepláren Brno.
About the Dukovany to Brno hot water pipeline
The construction of the Dukovany to Brno hot pipeline is one of the largest energy projects in the history of the Czech Republic. The primary objective is to ensure a reliable heat supply and significantly reduce Brno's dependence on gas. In the future, it will provide up to half of Brno's heat consumption, as the city is currently 80 per cent dependent on natural gas. The route of the heat pipeline will lead outside the built-up areas of the municipalities. Construction is planned for 2027, construction work will take about four years, and preparatory activities in Brno will start in 2025. The total investment will cost CZK 19 billion. The main investor is Teplárny Brno, which will finance the project from its own and external sources, such as subsidies and bank loans. In addition to Teplárny Brno, ČEZ, the owner of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant, is also counting on the necessary investment and will build a heat exchange station on the border of the plant.