TECHNICAL TOURS
The Dlouhé Stráně Water Power Plant
The Dlouhé Stráně pumped storage hydro power plant is one of the greatest wonder of the Czech Republic. Not only does it look almost magical, as it is situated in the beautiful landscape area of the Jeseníky mountains, but it also has the largest turbine unit with reversing turbine in Europe (325 MW), the highest water head in Europe (510 m) and last but not least, it is the hydro power plant with the highest total generating capacity in the Czech Republic (650 MW).The water power plant uses two reservoirs. The elevated reservoir is located at 1350 m above see level. At the time of electric power surplus in the network (mainly at night) the water is pumped from the lower reservoir to the upper one, using two reversing Francis turbines situated in a giant cavern right inside the mountain. At the peaks, at the time of power shortage, the water falls back down in the dam, running the turbines which help generate electric power. Come visit us and find out more! The tour itself takes about 3 hours and includes a visit to the underground facility and both of the reservoirs. Our visitors will watch a short movie and also will be offered leaflets with additional information as souvenirs.
Dolní Břežany – European Capital of Science and Technology
ELI Beamlines, as one of the scientific pillars of the whole ELI project, was constructed in Dolní Břežany. This rapidly evolving municipality has a mature land-use development plan. This has enabled the urban adaptation required to accommodate the new ELI Beamlines facility within the historical municipal centre. ELI Beamlines provides 250 workplaces and will host about 50 visiting researchers at a time. The preparation and construction of ELI Beamlines, plus all related costs, requires a total of 272 mil. €. LASER TECHNOLOGY The ELI Beamlines facility will provide high power very short (femtoseconds) pulse laser beams with peak powers reaching the 10 PW level. To meet the requirements for high repetition rates in many scientific and societal applications three of the lasers will employ newly emerging well beyond state of the art diode pumped solid state lasers (DPSSL) for driving broadband amplifiers. The fourth, multi-kilojoule laser will use a newly developed flash lamp technology with actively cooled gain medium to reach a never achieved augmented shot rate for such systems. With its projected peak-power of 10 PW it will become the most powerful laser in the world. One of the high repetition rate PW laser systems is being constructed in close cooperation with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory USA.
ŠKODA Museum
The Museum showcases the brand’s story in a project designed to invite visitors on an exciting interactive multimedia journey though ŠKODA AUTO’s history, using a 1,800 m² exhibition area in historical production halls to feature vehicles, films, photographs and documents. Moreover, the Museum boasts a new multifunction conference centre – the Laurin & Klement Forum – and the VÁCLAV Café/Restaurant, a modern facility set in a historic venue.
