Chvaletice Power Station () is a large

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Chvaletice Chvaletice () is a town in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Chvaletice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): ...

in the

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. Its installed power output is 4x 200 MW. Blocks 3 and 4 use a chimney which is 305 metres tall, built in 1977. It is the tallest free-standing structure in the Czech Republic.Small diagram
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Towers completed in 1977 Coal-fired power stations in the Czech Republic Chimneys in the Czech Republic Pardubice District 1977 establishments in Czechoslovakia {{powerstation-stub

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