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Polaniec power station is an operating power station of at least 1882-megawatts (MW) in Tursko Małe, Połaniec, Staszów, Świętokrzyskie, Poland.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Polaniec power station | Tursko Małe, Połaniec, Staszów, Świętokrzyskie, Poland | 50.437685, 21.33769 (exact)[1] |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8: 50.437685, 21.33769
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8R, timepoint 2 | Operating[2] | bioenergy: wood & other biomass (solids), bioenergy: agricultural waste (solids)[3] | 225[2] | – | 1983[4] | – |
| Unit 1 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 225 | subcritical | 1979 | 2023 (planned) |
| Unit 2 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 242 | subcritical | 1979 | 2034 (planned) |
| Unit 3 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 242 | subcritical | 1979 | 2034 (planned) |
| Unit 4 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 242 | subcritical | 1979 | 2034 (planned) |
| Unit 5 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 225 | subcritical | 1982 | 2034 (planned) |
| Unit 6 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 242 | subcritical | 1982 | 2034 (planned) |
| Unit 7 | Operating | coal: bituminous | 239 | subcritical | 1983 | 2034 (planned) |
| Unit 8, timepoint 1 | Retired | coal: bituminous | 225 | subcritical | 1983 | 2011 |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Operator | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8R, timepoint 2 | Enea Elektrownia Połaniec[5] | ENEA SA [100%][5] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 1 | Enea Elektrownia Połaniec[5] | ENEA SA [100%][5] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Enea Elektrownia Połaniec[5] | ENEA SA [100%][5] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | Enea Elektrownia Połaniec[5] | ENEA SA [100%][5] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 4 | Enea Elektrownia Połaniec[5] | ENEA SA [100%][5] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 5 | Enea Elektrownia Połaniec[5] | ENEA SA [100%][5] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 6 | Enea Elektrownia Połaniec[5] | ENEA SA [100%][5] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 7 | Enea Elektrownia Połaniec[5] | ENEA SA [100%][5] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
| Unit 8, timepoint 1 | Enea Elektrownia Połaniec[5] | ENEA SA [100%][5] | ENEA SA [100.0%] |
Unit-level fuel conversion details:
Unit 8: Converted from coal to bioenergy in 1983.
Background
The plant has been described by the company as "the fifth largest electricity plant in the country and the largest plant in south-eastern Poland." It originally consisted of 8 coal-burning units with a generation capacity of 225 MW each. The units were commissioned between 1979 and 1983 as 200 MW each, and increased to 225 MW each after turbine modernization from 1992 and 1995.[6]
Ownership
The power station was originally owned by GDF SUEZ Energia Polska SA, now part of Engie. In December 2016 Engie sold the plant to Poland's state-run utility Enea for US $255 million.[7]
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 was offered 632 million zloty (US$159 million) for the Polaniec plant. The government reportedly wanted to assume responsibility for the coal plants to allow the existing utilities to attract private finance for renewable projects.[8]
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."[9][10]
Conversion of unit 8 from coal to biomass
In 2011, Unit 8 was retired and replaced with a biomass-burning unit.[6]
Future plans and retirement of remaining coal-fired units
In 2021, Elektrownia Połaniec launched the "Adaptation of Enea Elektrownia Połaniec SA to the requirements of the Capacity Market after July 1, 2025" investment project (Google translate). The project included plans to modernize the Polaniec power station and adopt pollution controls that would allow the plant to run until 2035. Unit 1 was expected to retire before Units 2 through 7.[11]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://maps.app.goo.gl/ejWEHPMmRodeuqjy6.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://transparency.entsoe.eu/generation/r2/installedGenerationCapacityAggregation/show.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221010034950/https://www.power-technology.com/projects/polaniec-biomass-power-plant-poland/. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140523172018/http://dbpedia.org:80/page/Po%C5%82aniec_Power_Station. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 https://nowa-energia.com.pl/2022/11/18/zielony-blok-enei-polaniec-wrocil-do-pracy-po-planowym-tzw-remoncie-kapitalnym/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Coal-Fired Plants in Poland - other voivodeship," Industcards, accessed April 2016
- ↑ "Enea buys Polaniec power plant from France's Engie for $255 mln," Reuters, Dec 24, 2016
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Zielony Blok Enei Połaniec wrócił do pracy po planowym tzw. remoncie kapitalnym," Nowa Energia, November 18, 2022
Additional data
To access additional data, including interactive maps of the power stations, downloadable datasets, and summary data, please visit the Global Bioenergy Power Tracker and the Global Coal Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
