Power station Opatovice, Inc.

Smoke from it is visible from Hradec and beyond, it's not always nice

Dominant Pardubice region.Then just Chvaletice and followed by Temelín, he can be seen in the south, perhaps from every lookout tower .... ?Electrárny unfortunately we need, but it scares the landscape.Solar are even worse chapter.

The Opatovice power plant supplies heat and energy to the cities of Pardubice, Hradec Králové, Chrudim and the surrounding area. It is located on the road between Pardubice and Hradec Králové. In the lobby there is an ATM of Komerční banka and a gatehouse. In front of the building is a large-capacity car park for visitors and an entrance for supplies and trucks.

It's a pretty big facility, the chimneys are running at full speed, the surrounding cities are also heated.

The Opatovice nad Labem Power Plant is a cogeneration coal-fired power plant operated by Elektrárny Opatovice, a.s .. It is part of the Energy and Industrial Holding. In addition to generating electricity, the power plant supplies heat to 62,000 households in cities including Hradec Králové, Pardubice and Chrudim. It also supplies heat to companies, hospitals, schools and other institutions. The power plant is located south of the village of Opatovice nad Labem. Its terminal output is 363 MW and thermal output 698 MW. It uses six pulverized steam boilers, three condensing, two sampling and one back-pressure turbine for the combined production of electricity and heat. It was built in the years 1959-1960, the annual consumption is about 1.9 million tons. The desulphurisation plant has been in operation since 1998. A network of 317 km of hot water pipes is connected to the power plant. Hradec Králové (connected as the first in 1974), Pardubice, Chrudim, Lázně Bohdaneč, Opatovice nad Labem, Čeperka and Rybitví are connected to this network. The railway siding of the power plant is connected to the Opatovice nad Labem-Pohřebačka station on the line from Pardubice to Hradec Králové and is electrified by the same current system as the line to which it connects. Trains supplying the power plant use a connection to the Plačice branch on the line from Velký Osek to Hradec Králové. In 2015, in connection with the modernization and double-tracking of the line, the siding connection was changed from the connection directly to the head to the connection to the branch from the line to the newly established Opatovice nad Labem stop. The power plant was privatized in 1992 as part of a coupon privatization as Elektrárny Opatovice, a.s. (ID 45534292). In 1997, the British International Power acquired a majority stake in the company. It further increased this share, in 1999 it already had a 96% share. In 2005, the company was renamed International Power Opatovice, a.s., in 2006, after a squeeze-out (crowding out of minority shareholders), International Power became the sole shareholder. In 2009, International Power sold the company to the J&T Group for CZK 22.5 billion (including a 49% stake in Pražská teplárenská). As of January 1, 2010, the company was renamed Elektrárny Opatovice, a.s. As of August 1, 2010, the company was divided by spin-off, when two new successor companies were established - the power plant itself containing Elektrárny Opatovice, a.s. (ID number 28800621) and a stake in Pražská teplárenská containing NPTH, a.s., the original company was renamed EBEH Opatovice, a.s. and only the loan of the parent company owned by EPH remained in it.