ČEZ prepares virtual tour of Czech pumped-storage plant at Dlouhé stráně

Energy company ČEZ has prepared a virtual tour of the pumped-storage hydropower plant at Dlouhé stráně in the Šumperk region for the public. People will be able to take a look inside the pumped-storage plant during a live broadcast via the MS Teams app. ČEZ will hold the first remote tour of the plant on Thursday, November 9. Vladislav Sobol, a spokesperson for the ČEZ Group, told CTK.

„Thanks to the newly added virtual tour of the Dlouhé stráně pumped-storage hydropower plant, visitors will discover that, surprisingly, the plant’s main purpose is not generating electricity, and that much of its technology is not visible from the outside at all,“ Sobol said.

This autumn, ČEZ will once again offer interactive tours of the nuclear power plants in Dukovany and Temelín, renewable energy sources and the distribution grid.

The Dlouhé stráně pumped-storage plant was commissioned in 1996, and its output has grown in recent years. Pumped-storage plants serve as giant batteries. In the power system, they are used both to absorb surplus energy, which is then used to pump water from the lower reservoir to the upper one, and during periods of shortage, when they generate electricity and sell it at a higher price. The plant is playing an increasingly important role in balancing unstable supplies from renewable energy sources.