Turów Power Station
Turów Power Station
Official nameElektrownia Turów
CountryPoland
LocationBogatynia, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Coordinates50°56′45″N 14°54′53″E / 50.94583°N 14.91472°E / 50.94583; 14.91472
StatusOperational
Commission date1962
Owner(s)PGE
Operator(s)PGE GiEK – Oddział Elektrownia Turów
Employees1250
Thermal power station
Primary fuelLignite
Power generation
Nameplate capacity1,950 MWe
External links
Websitewww.elturow.pgegiek.pl
CommonsRelated media on Commons

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]

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

In 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

  1. "Poland's Turow mine and power plant to keep operating, PM says". Reuters. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. "Turow: Vast Polish coal mine infuriates the neighbours". BBC News. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. S.A, PGE Systemy. "Turów supplies five percent of the country's energy". turow2044.pl. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. "Nowy blok w Elektrowni Turów oddany do eksploatacji - energetyka". wnp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  5. "Instrat - Open Energy Data Platform". energy.instrat.pl. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  6. "Turów Power Plant, Construction of the Power Unit". Ferrovial. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  7. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 29 December 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  8. "Poland vows to keep coalmine open despite €500,000-a-day ECJ fine". the Guardian. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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