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Europe's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal launched since the start of the war in Ukraine is running at full capacity. During the first six months of this year, it handled 12 ships carrying liquefied natural gas destined for the Czech Republic. The facility can process up to eight billion cubic metres of gas per year, of which three billion are destined for the Czech Republic, a volume equivalent to more than a third of the Czech Republic's annual consumption. In addition to ČEZ, the terminal is also used by the multinational companies Shell and Engie.

CEZ Group has improved its ESG rating with Morningstar Sustainalytics, one of the world's leading agencies focused on assessing companies from a sustainability perspective. Thanks to a 7.6 point shift, CEZ now ranks among the top quarter of global energy companies best rated by the agency. For investors, banks, or insurance companies, the ratings serve as confirmation that CEZ Group is meeting its ambitious sustainable goals and so can, for example, obtain better financing for its projects.

ČEZ Distribuce received 35,500 applications to connect power plants and connected 27,628 photovoltaic power plants with an installed capacity of 298 MW to the grid in the last six months. The vast majority of the applications were for rooftop installations on single-family homes, with about 95 percent of the applications being for low-voltage micro plants of up to 10 kW. In comparison, ČEZ Distribuce power engineers connected 21,325 photovoltaic power plants with an installed capacity of 188 MW to the grid over the whole of last year. A total of 80,364 photovoltaic power plants with an installed capacity of 1,583 MW are currently connected to the ČEZ Distribuce grid. This year, ČEZ Distribuce will invest CZK 6.5 billion in necessary modifications to the distribution system resulting from applications to connect renewable sources.

A more favourable interest rate in the case of a better sustainability rating - this is the basic condition of a new line of credit that the largest Czech energy company is opening with UniCredit Bank. For CEZ, this is the first-ever LOC tied to an ESG rating. CEZ Group recently ranked among the top 15% of publicly traded companies globally in ESG, and its ESG rating is continuously improving.