Six new pumped-storage hydroelectric power plants could be built in Czechia, Czech Television reported. The ministries of the environment and agriculture have presented a list of the most suitable sites for the plants, comprising Orlík, Slapy, Pastviny, Libochovany, Vinice and Slezská Harta.

The construction would cost tens of billions of crowns and the new facilities would double the current output of pumped-storage power plants, the minister of the environment, Petr Hladík, said.