Doosan Enerbility said on the 18th it signed a contract worth about 320 billion won with its subsidiary Doosan Skoda Power for steam turbines and a turbine control system to be supplied to units 5 and 6 of the Dukovany nuclear power plant, a new-build project in the Czech Republic.

The contract covers steam turbines, generators, and a turbine control system, with a total of two sets to be supplied. The signing ceremony was held on the 16th (local time) in Prague, Czech Republic, with the Ministers of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) from both Korea and the Czech Republic in attendance.

On the 16th (local time) in Prague, Czech Republic, at the signing ceremony for the purchase contract of steam turbines for Units 5 and 6 of the Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant, Karel Havlíček (far left), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources of the Czech Republic; Son Seung-woo (second from left), Head of Power Services BG at Doosan Enerbility; Daniel Procházka (second from right), Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Doosan Škoda Power; and Kim (far right), Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, pose for a commemorative photo. /Courtesy of Doosan Enerbility

In June last year, the Czech government signed the main contract for the construction of Dukovany units 5 and 6 with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP), kicking off full-fledged cooperation with the so-called Team Korea. This contract is the first large-scale cooperation agreement Team Korea has signed with Czech corporations and is part of the localization policy emphasized by the Czech government in the early stage of the project.

Doosan Enerbility will collaborate with Doosan Skoda Power for the first time through this project. Doosan Enerbility plans to maximize synergy by combining the rich manufacturing experience of its Czech subsidiary with its own nuclear primary equipment technologies.

Based on this project, Doosan Enerbility expects Team Korea to continue collaborating if it wins additional nuclear power plant projects such as Temelín units 3 and 4 in the Czech Republic. Doosan Skoda Power is a power equipment specialist corporations with more than 150 years of history and has supplied 26 nuclear steam turbines to three countries—the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Finland.

Son Seung-woo, head of the Power Service BG at Doosan Enerbility, said, "This contract is a meaningful example of creating synergy by bringing together domestic nuclear technology and local manufacturing capabilities for the Czech new-build project," adding, "We will work closely with Doosan Skoda Power to successfully complete the Czech nuclear project and do our best to contribute to the development of the Czech power industry."

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