Kedzierzyn CCS Project

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The Kedzierzyn Zero-Emission Power & Chemical Plant is a proposed 910-megawatt (MW) carbon capture and storage coal-fired power station in Poland.

Location

The map below shows Kędzierzyn-Koźle, the approximate location where the plant would be built.

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Background

The project is proposed by chemical producer Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn and electricity company Południowy Koncern Energetyczny.

The power station is proposed to include coal gasification technology with carbon capture and storage (CCS), and use up to 10% biomass in the combustion process. The project would include a 300 megawatt lignite power station fueled with 1.6 million tonnes of lignite per year.

The project has faced financial difficulties and was cancelled.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn, Południowy Koncern Energetyczny
• Parent company:
• Developer: Tauron, KGHM
• Location: Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Opole, Poland
• Coordinates: 50.34988, 18.226184 (approximate)
• Status: Cancelled
• Capacity: 910 MW
• Type: IGCC, CCS
• Start date:
• Coal Type: Lignite
• Coal Source:
• Source of financing:

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

• Poland and coal
• Carbon Capture and Storage
• Carbon Capture and Storage demonstration projects worldwide
• Carbon Capture and Storage in Poland

External resources

• ZAK, PKE & Tauron, "Kedzierzyn Project: Polygeneration Power Plant with CO2 capture and storage", undated but approx 2009.
• ZAK & PKE, "The world’s first Zero-Emission Power & Chemical Complex: KEDZIERZYN 2015: Silesia’s Green Coal Solutions", November 11, 2009.

External articles

• Paweł Śliwiński, "Shell to build CCS installation in Kędzierzyn, Poland?", Bellona Foundation, June 29, 2009.