Polaniec power station

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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)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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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	bioenergy: wood & other biomass (solids), bioenergy: agricultural waste (solids)	225	–	1983	–
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	ENEA SA [100%]	ENEA SA [100.0%]
Unit 1	Enea Elektrownia Połaniec	ENEA SA [100%]	ENEA SA [100.0%]
Unit 2	Enea Elektrownia Połaniec	ENEA SA [100%]	ENEA SA [100.0%]
Unit 3	Enea Elektrownia Połaniec	ENEA SA [100%]	ENEA SA [100.0%]
Unit 4	Enea Elektrownia Połaniec	ENEA SA [100%]	ENEA SA [100.0%]
Unit 5	Enea Elektrownia Połaniec	ENEA SA [100%]	ENEA SA [100.0%]
Unit 6	Enea Elektrownia Połaniec	ENEA SA [100%]	ENEA SA [100.0%]
Unit 7	Enea Elektrownia Połaniec	ENEA SA [100%]	ENEA SA [100.0%]
Unit 8, timepoint 1	Enea Elektrownia Połaniec	ENEA SA [100%]	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.

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.

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.

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."

Conversion of unit 8 from coal to biomass

In 2011, Unit 8 was retired and replaced with a biomass-burning unit.

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.

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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.