Infocentrum Elektrárny Ledvice – ČEZ

Location: Bílina 141, 418 48 Bílina · Ústí nad Labem Region

Category: coal-fired power plant – visitor centre

The only conventional power generation information centre in the Czech Republic, located directly on the grounds of the Ledvice Power Plant. Across three floors full of interactive exhibits and audiovisual technology, visitors learn how a coal-fired power plant works. Part of the exhibition is devoted to nature and landscape reclamation, including online measurement of photosynthesis in a living tree. With advance booking, you can take the lift up to the viewing platform at a height of 140 m – the tallest lookout tower in the Czech Republic. Admission is free and there is a children's corner for the youngest visitors.

Why visit this place?

• A 140 metre high viewing tower with a glazed lookout and an accessible gallery stands in the power plant grounds.
• Part of the exhibition covers nature and landscape reclamation, where you can try online measurement of a living tree's photosynthesis.
• Admission is free, which helps when the class budget is tight.
• Allow roughly two hours; the programme is aimed at lower primary, upper primary and secondary students.
• There are 70 more tips within 25 km, enough to build a full-day trip.
• An outdoor trip that, according to our records, runs all year round.

Verified against: svetenergie.cz

Practical information

• Opening hours: Mon–Sat 8:00–16:00, Sun closed (also closed on public holidays and 31 December)
• Typical visit: 120 min
• Admission: free
• Suitable for: primary (6–10), lower secondary (10–15), secondary (15+)

For schools

Interactive exhibition on conventional energy, tour of the plant's operational areas (control room, turbine hall, boiler room, cooling tower), ascent of the 140 m lookout tower.

Official website: https://www.svetenergie.cz/cs/navstivte-nas/ledvice

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