Students Štěpán Buchta, Matěj Vévar, and Jan Indra included, for example, "energy class meetings" in their popularization project. The communication strategy and implementation should take place under the patronage of the Energy Regulatory Office (ERÚ).
Inspiration and mentoring from experts
Seventy-eight high school students from across the Czech Republic advanced to the finals from the school round. After successfully completing the online round, they presented their ideas on the topic of energy for the future.
The final round began with a series of lectures by experts from partner companies, who introduced students to current topics from their field of practice. These experts then became mentors to the teams as they prepared their presentations.
The final round began with a series of lectures by experts from partner companies, who introduced the students to current topics from practice. These experts then became mentors to the teams as they prepared their final projects and helped the competitors fine-tune their proposals in terms of both technical and presentation aspects.
"Every year, we are surprised by the depth of knowledge and creativity that high school students put into their projects. This year, the level of proposals was exceptionally high," said Adéla Holasová, founder of the competition.
Second and third place: battery storage and an energy-self-sufficient city
Jakub Jan Růžička and Lukáš Kopecký from Jan Kepler High School in Prague took second place with a project to use retired batteries from electric cars to provide support services in the power grid. The students described the entire process in detail – from the collection and recycling of batteries through their integration into container storage facilities to their connection to the grid stability management system.
Third place went to the team π equals e; π equals 3 from Havlíčkův Brod Grammar School Brod, consisting of Jakub Jakůbek, Mark Joly, and Jan Prášek. Their project presented a vision of an energy-independent city based on a combination of renewable sources, whose surpluses would be stored in the form of hydrogen and distributed locally to residents in the form of preferential tariffs.
The special prize of the general partner ČEPS, a.s., was awarded to the Peasant Fund team from Wichterlovo Gymnasium in Ostrava-Poruba (Ivan Boruta, Richard Beneš, and Tomáš Stehlík) for a project using gravitational mechanical storage in mines for seasonal energy accumulation.
About the Energy Olympics
The Energy Olympics were created with the aim of deepening awareness of energy among high school students and linking education with practice. Every year, hundreds of teams from across the country participate. The finals at FEL ČVUT traditionally offer not only the competition itself, but also an accompanying program of lectures by experts in the field.
The general partner of the competition is ČEPS, a.s., and the competition is held in cooperation with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of ČVUT and under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports.
