Dr Jan Procházka, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Czech Nanotechnology Industries Association, presented modern Czech nanotechnologies at the VISEGRAD 4 BUSINESS CONFERENCE held in Budapest on 14 November 2024, https://www.visegrad4business.eu/     

In the V4 & the Green Transition panel, he had the opportunity to explain how photocatalysis can be used to improve the living and working environment in the V4 countries, and at the same time he pointed out the possibility of reporting these results in ESG reports. Practical examples from the Czech Republic were applied to the conditions in Budapest,  where the air pollution index during the conference stood at 117 = Unhealthy.

A very substantial part of the conference was devoted not only to the environment but also to energy. The Foreign Ministers of Hungary and Slovakia, Péter Szijjártó and Juraj Blanár, also spoke about the difficulties of moving away from coal and traditional sources, concluding that they are primarily responsible to their own citizens and will act accordingly.

Dr Jan Procházka highlighted the fundamental fact that cheap energy equals prosperity, and that all the V4 states are transit countries which, if they were to master energy transport using battery storage, could cover around 25% of their own domestic consumption while also successfully trading this commodity on the European market. 

V Maďarsku staví asijské firmy celkovou roční výrobní kapacitu 150GWh baterií/ rok a v Polsku již vyrábí korejská LG, ale ani jeden z těchto typů lihiových baterií se nehodí pro velkokapacitní ukládání energie, kde je potřeba zcela eliminovat risk a nelze tudíž použít baterie s plastovými separátory. Pro velká úložistě energie je potřeba použít mnohem odolnější baterie s keramickým separátorem (např. HE3DA®), jejichž výrobní kapacita na úrovni GWh se právě buduje v České republice.