GasNet opens first gas industry training facility in Czech Republic

GasNet Group, the Czech Republic’s largest gas distributor, has opened a unique gas industry training facility at its site in Pardubice. The modern training and testing centre is the first and only facility of its kind in the Czech Republic, and is also unique on a European and global scale. It will enable gas workers to receive practical training, simulate hazardous situations and test technologies for the distribution of natural gas, hydrogen and their blends. In addition to gas workers, firefighters, gas infrastructure construction workers and vocational secondary schools will also be able to use the facility for training and instruction.

By building the facility, GasNet is strengthening the safety and reliability of the operation of its gas distribution network. It will enable the further development of the professional skills of gas technicians and fitters, while also serving as a safe site for verifying new procedures and technologies related to the modernisation of the Czech gas sector. These include, in particular, new methods for reducing methane emissions and preparations for the possible future distribution of low-emission gases.