Patnow power station

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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Polandandcoal}} Patnow Power Station is a 1664-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Poland.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the power station, about 200 km west of Warsaw.

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Background

The Patnow Power Station was built in two phases. Patnow I consists of six 200 MW units, units 3-8, which were built in 1967. Units 1-2 were demolished in 2001. In 2008 a new 464 MW supercritical unit known as Patnow II was added. The power station burns lignite coal delivered from nearby mines.[1][2]

Project Details of Patnow II

  • Sponsor: EP2 (special purpose company and wholly owned subsidiary of PAK)[2]
  • Parent company: Elektrim S.A.
  • Developer: Alstom
  • Location: Pątnów, Łódź, Poland
  • Coordinates: 52.302, 18.237 (exact)
  • Status: Operating
  • Capacity: 464 MW
  • Type: Supercritical
  • Start date: 2008
  • Coal Type: Lignite
  • Coal Source: Domestic
  • Source of financing: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Export Development Corporation

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