Czech Republic
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Read more: Skoda!Today we toured the museum and factory of Skoda, a Czech automobile company. We learned that they transitioned from bikes to cars in the 1800s…
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Read more: To Reap and RebuildOur day at ČEZ saw us visit their coal-fired powerplant on Ledvice and the neighboring Bílina strip mine that feeds it. Through a guided tour…
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Read more: Cooking CoalToday we were able to tour CEZ, a power company providing energy to a large part of the Czech Republic. There were many different social…
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Read more: From Coal to PowerWe started the day with some traveling, about a 90-minute drive to the CEZ Ledvice Power Plant. Where we got a presentation about the history…
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Read more: A Miner AdventureOn Tuesday of our trip, our group had the incredible opportunity to visit Čez group at their Mělník coal power plant. Thanks to the incredible…
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Read more: Out With the Coal, In With the Nu(clear)During the presentation portion of our visit, we got to see many statistics about the work that the CEZ group is doing. This involved everything…
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Read more: Creating Energy!Today we got to visit ČEZ, one of the largest energy companies not just in the Czech Republic, but in all of Europe. It’s the…
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Read more: Ecstatic about energyToday’s site visit was an eye-opening introduction to how electricity is made: CEZ’s power plant in Ledvice. CEZ is a large energy company that supplies…
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Read more: CEZ TripDuring our visit to CEZ’s Ledvice plant and the Dul Bílina coal mine, we explored the immense infrastructure and observed firsthand the complexity of their…
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Read more: ČEZ GroupToday we drove an hour and a half to a company called ČEZ. They supply various types of energy to the Czech Republic and surrounding…
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