Turów Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Bogatynia, Poland.[1] The power station, operated by state-owned Polska Grupa Energetyczna via Oddział Elektrownia Turów, is fuelled by lignite extracted from the nearby Turów coal mine.[2] Operations at the plant began in 1962. As of 2021 it supplied 5% of Poland's electricity and is the sole provider of heat and hot water to hospitals, schools and homes in Bogatynia.[3]
| Turów Power Station | |
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| Official name | Elektrownia Turów |
| Country | Poland |
| Location | Bogatynia, Lower Silesian Voivodeship |
| Coordinates | 50°56′45″N 14°54′53″E / 50.94583°N 14.91472°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1962 |
| Owner | PGE |
| Operator | PGE GiEK – Oddział Elektrownia Turów |
| Employees | 1250 |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Lignite |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,950 MWe |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The plant initially consisted of ten 200 MW units, commissioned from 1962 to 1971. PGE undertook a US$1.6 billion modernization of units 1-6 of the plant in the early 1990s. Units 7-10 have been phased out. Unit 7 was retired in 2003. In 2010, Unit 8 was retired. Units 9 and 10 were decommissioned in 2012-2013. PGE has repowered Units 5 and 6 to co-incinerate biomass, and plans for co-firing of biomass in boilers 1, 2, 3, and 4. Units 1, 2, and 3 have been upgraded from 200 MW to 235 MW each. The plant's remaining six units have a combined capacity of 1,305 MW.
A new 496 MW unit (Unit 11) built by a consortium of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GmbH (MHPSE), Budimex S.A. and Técnicas Reunidas, SA was brought online in May 2021.[4][5][6]
Environmental impact
editIn a WWF report published in May 2007, the power plant was recognized as the largest greenhouse gas emitter in Poland and eighth in Europe in terms of emissions.[7]
In 2019, lignite burned at the plant produced 5.5m tonnes of CO2, making it the fifth largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Poland.[8]
References
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- ^ S.A, PGE Systemy. "Turów supplies five percent of the country's energy". turow2044.pl. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Nowy blok w Elektrowni Turów oddany do eksploatacji - energetyka". wnp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Instrat - Open Energy Data Platform". energy.instrat.pl. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Turów Power Plant, Construction of the Power Unit". Ferrovial. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 29 December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Poland vows to keep coalmine open despite €500,000-a-day ECJ fine". the Guardian. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.