Bulhary
Location: Jihomoravsky
Operator: RenoEnergie as
Configuration: 2 X 360 kW S-Turbine
Operation: 2007
T/G supplier: Hydrohrom
EPC: Hydroka, Metrostav
Quick facts: This minihydro was built on an existing weir and has a complex fish handling system. Construction began in Jul 2006 and was essentially completed in Oct 2007. Output is expected to be about 3 GWh/yr.

Cenkova Pila
Location: Plzensky
Operator: CEZ AS
Configuration: 1 X 900 kW Francis
Operation: 1909
T/G supplier: Voith, BBC
EPC: BBC
Quick facts: In the mid-1800s, Prague entrepreneur Cenek Bubenicek founded a saw-mill and a lumber-yard at this location. In 1908, the mill was modernized and three water wheels were installed, two to run frame saws for timber processing and the third for wood-working machinery. The town of Kasperske Hory took over the facility and applied to the local Susice district office for  permission to build a power plant. An order was places with Brown-Boveri in Vienna for the electromechanical equipment and installation. The generator and automatic voltage control system were very advanced for the time. Water passes through an open diversion channel into a 50m water-conduit bridge before entering the powerhouse. The building is registered as a listed historical building by the Czech Ministry of Culture.

Klecany
Location: Praha
Operator: PovodiI Vltavy SP
Configuration: 2 X 400 kW S-Turbine
Operation: 2001
T/G supplier: Hydrorhom
EPC: Metrostav AS
Quick facts: This refurbished low-head site is on the Vltava River close to Prague. The 2.3m diameter turbines operate at approximately 2.5m head. 

Photograph courtesy of Hydrolink
Posted 10 May 2003

Les Kralovstvi Rebuild
Location: Východočeský
Operator: Hydrocez AS
Configuration: 2 X 1.06 MW Francis
Operation: 2005
T/G supplier: CKD
Quick facts: This minihydro plant is on the Labe (Elbe) River where two Francis turbines (1.12 MW total) were installed in 1923. The rebuild project included two modern horizontal Francis turbines and synchronous generators, a new control room, and a new control system.

Photograph courtesy of CKD
Posted 22 Aug 2007

Lipno I
Location: Jihocesky
Operator: CEZ AS
Configuration: 2 X 60 MW Francis
Operation: 1959-1961
T/G supplier: CKD
Quick facts: At 44km long and up to 14km wide, the Lipno reservoir on the Vltava River is the largest artificial lake in the Czech Republic. It is formed by a 26m earthfill and gravity dam. The powerhouse is 160m underground and discharges through a 3.6km tunnel. The plant is connected to the grid at 22kV.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ AS
Posted 2 Apr 2006

Lipno II
Location: Jihocesky
Operator: CEZ AS
Configuration: 1 X 1.5 MW Kaplan
Operation: 1957
T/G supplier: ??
Quick facts: Lipno II is a run-off-river power station at an 11.5m dam that balances runoff from the upstream Lipno I plant. Lipno II  is fully automatic and remotely controlled from the control centre at Stechovice and from Lipno I.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ AS
Posted 2 Apr 2006

Mohelnice
Location: Olomoucky
Operator: CEZ AS
Configuration: 1 X 200 kW Francis
Operation: 1914
T/G supplier: Kohout

Photograph courtesy of CEZ AS
Posted 29 Sep 2004

Modrany
Location: Praha City
Operator: CEZ AS
Configuration: 3 X 540 kW S-turbine
Operation: 1989
T/G supplier: CKD

Photograph courtesy of CEZ AS
Posted 22 May 2006

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Mohelno
Location: Vysocina
Operator: CEZ AS
Configuration: 1 X 1,200 kW, 1 X 600 kW
Operation: 1977-1999
T/G supplier: CKD, Skoda

Photograph courtesy of CEZ AS
Posted 22 May 2006

Spalov
Location: Liberecký
Operator: CEZ Obnovitelne Zdroje
Configuration: 2 X 1.2 MW Francis
Operation: 1926
T/G supplier: ??
Quick facts: Water passes from a gate system on the Jizera River near Bitouchov weir through a 1.32km tunnel and a 550m mountainside canal into an equalizing water basin and finally through a 60m steel feeder canal into the powerhouse. In March 1998, Spalov was modernized.

Photograph courtesy of CEZ AS
Posted 1 Aug 2008

Stvanice
Location: Praha
Operator: CEZ AS
Configuration: 3 X 1.73 MW S-turbine
Operation: 1987
T/G supplier: CKD, Skoda

Photograph courtesy of CEZ AS
Posted 22 May 2006

Zelina Rebuild
Location: Ustecky
Operator: CEZ AS
Configuration: 2 X 320 kW
Operation: 1908-1925, rebuilt 1994
T/G supplier: ??

Photograph courtesy of CEZ AS
Posted 3 Oct 2004