Prunéřov Power Station
The Prunéřov Power Station was the largest coal-fired power station in the Czech Republic with an installed capacity of 1,490 MW. Unit I was shut down in June 2020, while recently modernized Unit II continues to operate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Petr Kinšt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: coal-fired power station in the Czech Republic
- Also known as: “Elektrárna Prunéřov I”, “EPRU I”, “EPRU II”, “Prunerov Power Station”, and “Prunéřov Power Stations”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kadaň-Prunéřov railway station and Hasištejn Castle.
Kadaň-Prunéřov railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 cz.
Kadaň-Prunéřov railway station is situated 460 metres east of Prunéřov Power Station.
Hasištejn Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hasištejn is a ruined medieval castle in Bohemia, the Czech Republic. It is situated near Kadaň, Klášterec nad Ohří and Chomutov. The castle, first mentioned in Maiestas Carolina, was probably founded by Friedrich of Schönburg to guard the way from Prague to Saxony. Hasištejn Castle is situated 3½ km north of Prunéřov Power Station.
Vernéřov Castle
Ruins
Photo: Petr Kinšt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vernéřov Castle is a ruins, which is situated 2 km southwest of Prunéřov Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prunéřov and Potočná.
Prunéřov
Village
Photo: Horst74, Public domain.
Kadaň is a town in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the banks of the Ohře river.
Prunéřov Power Station
Latitude
50.41252° or 50° 24′ 45″ northLongitude
13.25234° or 13° 15′ 8″ eastElevation
362 metres (1,188 feet)Operator
ČEZ GroupOpen location code
9F2MC772+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 28346300OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialGeoNames ID
7283759Wikidata ID
Q2944705
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Prunéřov Power Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “普內羅夫發電廠”
- Czech: “Elektrárna Prunéřov”
- Czech: “Elektrárny Prunéřov”
- Czech: “EPRU I”
- Czech: “EPRU II”
- Czech: “EPRU”
- Czech: “TE Prunéřov”
- Dutch: “Elektriciteitscentrale Prunerov”
- Dutch: “Elektriciteitscentrale Prunéřov”
- Dutch: “Prunerov elektriciteitscentrale”
- Dutch: “Prunérov elektriciteitscentrale”
- French: “Centrale électrique de Prunéřov”
- French: “centrale thermique de Prunéřov”
- French: “Centrale thermique de Prunéřov”
- German: “Kraftwerk Prunéřov I”
- German: “Kraftwerk Prunéřov II”
- German: “Kraftwerk Prunéřov”
- German: “Kraftwerke Prunéřov”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Prunerov kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Prunéřov kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Prunéřov kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Prunéřov kullkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “електростанція Прунержов”
- Ukrainian: “ЕПРУ”
- Ukrainian: “ТЕС Прунержов”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Prunéřov Power Station”. Photo: Petr Kinšt, CC BY-SA 3.0.