Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Station Dlouhe Strane

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Aerial footage from trip Kouty nad Desnou to Dlouhe strane Hydro Power plant in Czech Republic. That day was very windy :/ due that fact I could not fly more closer.

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Unique power station becomes a tourist attraction

(22 May 2016) CZECH HYDRO ELECTRIC RESERVOIR
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Loucna nad Desnou, Czech Republic - 10 May 2016
1. Drone over head shot of mountain top reservoir and surrounding mountains
2. Flyover of mountaintop reservoir
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Loucna nad Desnou, Czech Republic - 11 May 2016
3. Tilt down from sun to reservoir
4. Bird perched on railing
5. Sun shining on water in reservoir during sunrise
6. Sun shining on water in reservoir
7. Waves in reservoir
8. Waves lapping over elevation level marker
9. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Vladislav Sobol, Spokesman for CEZ Power Company:
Earlier it was discussed whether it is proper to build such a structure, power plant, in the middle of the Jeseniky Mountains, whether it would or not interfere with the ecosystem. But time has shown that the power plant really fits in and that the local order of things of things wasn't disturbed. And that the symbiosis between the Jeseniky Mountains and the tourists that are attracted by the power plant really works. So when they come here they continue on into the mountains.
10. Close up pine branch in sunlight
11. Mist in mountains in Jeseniky mountains
12. Zoom into lower reservoir lake
13. Power lines near hydroelectric plant
14. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Vladislav Sobol, Spokesman for CEZ Power Company:
About Dlouhe Strane there are two unique things, one is the possibility of visiting the underground where people can watch the making of power, the turbines and other machinery. The other unique thing is the possibility of taking a bus or chairlift up to the upper reservoir which is located 1350 metres above sea level. So they can experience the unrepeatable experiences that people have when they see such a huge surface of water in the surrounding of such mountains.
15. School group on tour inside of hydroelectric plant
16. Jiri Sveda, Senior Engineer Dlouhe Strane Hydroplant, explaining schematic drawing of power plant
17. Jiri Sveda, Senior Engineer Dlouhe Strane Hydroplant, explaining schematic drawing of power plant
18. Close up of chains hanging inside of power plant
19. Pull out from portion of turbine to wide of room
20. Dials giving various temperature and pressure readings
21. Pipes inside of power plant
22. Pull out from schematic display of hydroelectric power plant to workers at computer screens
23. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Jiri Sveda, Senior Engineer Dlouhe Strane Hydroplant:
Now not only do we use the night pumping of the water (to fill the reservoir) of course we also pump the water up during the day. But because ecological energy sources such as the photovoltaic and wind farms can unexpectedly create surpluses of power and then we use the hydroelectric plant to burn off some of that excess by using it to pump the water to the upper reservoir. So the whole thing works very efficiently in the grid.
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Loucna nad Desnou, Czech Republic - 10 May 2016
24. Reservoir after much of the water has been drained
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25. Man taking pictures at reservoir
26. Tourists sitting and standing near reservoir
27. School group walking around reservoir
28. Water spilling down concrete sides of reservoir
29. School group walking around reservoir
30. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Iveta Floryckova, Head of Tourist Information:
I think it is interesting and it does belong to Jeseniky. In a way, people have become so used to it that they can't imagine that it could not be here. It attracts a lot of people to look at the upper reservoir.
31. Various of Jeseniky mountains at sunrise
32. Close up of water in reservoir
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