Plzeňská teplárenská – energetická exkurze

Location: Doubravecká 2077/69, Plzeň, 301 21 · Pilsen Region

Category: heating plant with guided tour

Plzeňská teplárenská – operator of combined heat and power generation in Plzeň. Guided tours of the heating plant for schools – how heat and electricity are produced, steam distribution systems, principles of cogeneration.

Why visit this place?

• Heat from the Škoda works pipeline warmed flats in Plzeň's southern district as early as 1950; the first stage of the coal-fired central plant was finished in 1976.
• In 2010 the Green Block for biomass came on line, unique of its kind in the country; a year later it won the regional Building of the Year title.
• Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 20 visitors on Google Maps.
• Admission is free, which helps when the class budget is tight.
• Allow roughly an hour and a half; the programme is aimed at upper primary and secondary students.
• There are 70 more tips within 25 km, enough to build a full-day trip.

Verified against: pltep.cz

Practical information

• Opening hours: By arrangement on weekdays
• Typical visit: 90 min
• Admission: free
• Visitor rating: 4.7 ★ from 20 reviews on Google Maps
• Suitable for: lower secondary (10–15), secondary (15+)

For schools

Tour of the heating plant for lower and upper secondary schools – heat and electricity production, cogeneration, steam distribution systems, combustion ecology.

Official website: https://www.pltep.cz/

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