Kozienice power station
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Kozienice power station is an operating power station of at least 3994-megawatts (MW) in Świerże Górne, Masovian, Poland with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Kozienice power station | Świerże Górne, Masovian, Poland | 51.58293, 21.54779 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- CC1, CC2, Unit 1, Unit 10, Unit 11, Unit 12, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8, Unit 9: 51.58293, 21.54779
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CC1 | Pre-construction[2][3][4] | fossil gas: natural gas[2][5] | 1100[2] | combined cycle[6] | not found | 2027 (planned)[7][2][8] | – |
| CC2 | Pre-construction[2][3][4] | fossil gas: natural gas[2][5] | 1100[2] | combined cycle[6] | not found | 2027 (planned)[2][8] | – |
| Unit 1 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 215 | subcritical | – | 1972 | 2025 (planned) |
| Unit 10 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 560 | subcritical | – | 1979 | 2042 (planned) |
| Unit 11 | Operating | coal: lignite | 1075 | supercritical | – | 2017 | – |
| Unit 12 | Cancelled | coal: bituminous | 1075 | supercritical | – | – | – |
| Unit 2 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 225 | subcritical | – | 1973 | 2025 (planned) |
| Unit 3 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 225 | subcritical | – | 1973 | 2025 (planned) |
| Unit 4 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 228 | subcritical | – | 1973 | 2025 (planned) |
| Unit 5 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 225 | subcritical | – | 1973 | 2027 (planned) |
| Unit 6 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 228 | subcritical | – | 1974 | 2027 (planned) |
| Unit 7 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 225 | subcritical | – | 1974 | 2027 (planned) |
| Unit 8 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 228 | subcritical | – | 1975 | 2027 (planned) |
| Unit 9 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 560 | subcritical | – | 1978 | 2041 (planned) |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| CC1 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| CC2 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 1 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 10 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 11 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 12 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 4 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 5 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 6 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 7 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 8 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 9 | ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%][6][2][9][1] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
Background
Kozienice power station is Poland's second largest power station with an installed capacity of 3,915 megawatts (MW) (eight units of 215 MW each, two of 560 MW each, and one of 1,075 MW). It is owned by Elektrownia Wytwarzanie S.A., the generation subsidiary of Enea.[10][11]
It burns anthracite coal and was commissioned from 1972 to 2017.[12][11]
In July 2023, Poland's Treasury made financial offers to several state-owned power utilities to transfer their coal mines and coal power plants into a new state-owned company, the National Energy Security Agency (NABE). Enea's Wytwarzanie subsidiary was offered 2.48 billion zloty (US$625 million) for the Kozienice plant. The government reportedly wanted to assume responsibility for the coal plants to allow the existing utilities to attract private finance for renewable projects.[13]
In April 2024, Poland's Minister for Industry confirmed the new government will abandon the previous administration's plan to shift state-owned coal mines and coal plants to the National Energy Security Agency (NABE), saying: "The NABE project will not be implemented. [We will] link coal-fired power plants with specific mines instead."[14][15]
Expansion
Unit 11
Enea planned for a €1.3 billion coal-fired supercritical unit at the station (Unit 11) with an installed capacity of 1,000 MW. Construction was expected to start in 2012. Enea group also signed a PLN 22.5 million (€5.2 million) coal supply agreement with Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka S.A. to supply coal from its Bogdanka coal mine. The supply agreement was set to expire in 2036.[16]
In September 2012, Enea announced it had signed an agreement with Polimex and Hitachi (Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe) to build a 1,075 MW (gross) power station expansion. Enea stated that Unit 11 had begun construction and was scheduled to be completed in 2017. Enea also stated that funding for the project would be from internal company funds "and its 10-year bond issue programme."[17][18]
In January 2017, Enea said it still expected the plant to be completed by the end of the year.[19]
The new unit was inaugurated by Enea on December 19, 2017, at a cost of 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion).[11]
Unit 12
According to Platts (2013), the company was also planning Unit 12, another 1,075 MW unit,[20] but there were no other news sources and developments for this proposal, which appears to be deferred or abandoned.
Financing
In early September 2012 Enea announced that it had reached agreement with BRE Bank over the PLN 4 billion bond programme, with a minimum of 40 bond raisings being conducted for a minimum of PLN100 million each. Enea also announced that "an agreement on bond subscription guarantee concerning the programme was concluded on 8 September 2012 between ENEA S.A. and ENEA Wytwarzanie. The guarantee agreement would be in force to June 2022 or till the date of bond redemption date."[21]
Proposed Gas Conversion
In 2020, Enea announced it was in discussions with Gaz-System to connect its Kozienice plant to the gas grid. Their aim was to convert the older coal units to gas units in the future.[22]
Coal retirement plans
In the extended report for the third quarter of 2021, Enea presented the schedule for the "shutdown" of coal-fired units:[23]
- B1-B4: Four blocks with an installed capacity of 230 MW each were expected to be shut down in 2025;
- B5-B8: Another four blocks with the same capacity were to be shut down in 2027;
- B9-B10: Another two blocks with a capacity of 560 MW each were expected to retire in 2041 and 2042, respectively;
- B11: The most modern and largest unit was expected to be phased out before the end of coal mining in Poland, i.e. in 2048.
In October 2024, the head of Enea reportedly said that the older coal units at Kozienice were “nearing their technical and perhaps also economical end.”[24]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124190241/https://www.power-technology.com/projects/kozienice-coal-fired-power-station-unit-11/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124175222/https://energia.rp.pl/energetyka/art19141621-enea-zamieni-wegiel-na-gaz-w-kozienicach-jest-harmonogram. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124182325/https://www.wnp.pl/energetyka/enea-elkogaz-zajmie-sie-projektem-budowy-blokow-gazowych-w-elektrowni-kozienice,562774.html. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240404111026/https://wysokienapiecie.pl/85387-energetyka-gazowa-nie-zamierza-sie-zwijac/. Archived from the original on 04 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124175229/https://www.wnp.pl/energetyka/zielona-elektrownia-polaniec-kozienice-z-konkretnym-planem-gazowym,495468.html. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124183350/https://inzynieria.com/energetyka/wiadomosci/63946,elektrownia-kozienice-zamiast-weglowych-blokow-200-mw-beda-gazowe. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240730061822/https://ir.enea.pl/en/pr/803368/gas-fired-units-to-be-built-in-kozienice-scheduled-to-enable-green-hydrogen-co-combustion. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240218205725/https://www.gramwzielone.pl/woddor/20143177/elektrownia-w-kozienicach-ma-spalac-zielony-wodor. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125065713/https://media.enea.pl/pr/394023/50-lat-elektrowni-kozienice-rozwoj-i-budowanie-bezpieczenstwa-energety. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Description of the ENEA Capital Group", ENEA Capital Group website, accessed September 2012
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Poland opens Europe's largest coal-fired power unit," Energy World, December 20, 2017
- ↑ "Enea: About Us: Power Plant specifications," Enea website, accessed September 2012
- ↑ "Poland's PGE, Enea, Tauron, Energa get state offers for coal assets," Reuters, July 15, 2023
- ↑ "Polish energy stocks fall after government hints at dropping plan to carve out coal assets," BNE Intellinews, April 11, 2024
- ↑ "Polish government drops coal merger idea, considering mines tie-ups instead," Mining.com, April 10, 2024
- ↑ "Enea to start a 1000MW coal-fired project in 2012," Cleantech Poland, January 24, 2012
- ↑ Enea, "ENEA Wytwarzanie S.A. signed the largest energy contract in Poland," Media Release, September 21, 2012
- ↑ "Polish builder Polimex signs $2 bln power deal," Reuters, September 21, 2012
- ↑ "Wiceprezes Enei: będziemy rozwijać usługi dodatkowe na rynku," Energetyka, January 12, 2017
- ↑ "World Electric Power Plants Database,", Platts, December 2013 (the database is not available online but can be purchased from Platts)
- ↑ "An agreement was signed on the bond issue programme," Media Release, September 8, 2012
- ↑ "Replacing coal with gas may delay Poland's planned power plant in Ostroleka," Reuters, February 11, 2020
- ↑ "Enea zamieni węgiel na gaz w Kozienicach. Jest harmonogram," Energia, November 26, 2021
- ↑ “Poland’s coal fleet faces early closures – utilities,” Montel News, October 3, 2024
Additional data
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