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*[[Opole Power Station]] is a 1532 MW coal power station in Opole, Poland, operated by the state-owned [[Polska Grupa Energetyczna]] (PGE Group). PGE Group plans to add two hard coal fired 900 MW supercritical power units (5 and 6).<ref>http://www.pgesa.pl/en/InvestorRelations/Documents/PGE%20Group%20strategy%202012_2035_presentation.pdf "Creating value and safe future PGE Group Strategy 2012-2035,"] PGE, Feb. 2012.</ref>

*[[Belchatow 2 Power Station]] in Rogowiec is proposed by Alstom for Elektrownia Belchatow to have an installed capacity of 833 megawatts and cost over 900 million euros. It is proposed that the plant will be commissioned in October 2010.<ref>Alstom, [http://www.de.alstom.com/pr_corp/2006/de/37322.EN.php?languageId=DE&dir=/pr_corp/2006/de/&idRubriqueCourante=15075 "Alstom to supply the largest clean coal power plant ever built in Poland"], Alstom website, October 16, 2006.</ref><ref>Alstom, [http://www.power.alstom.com/_eLibrary/presentation/upload_34429.pdf "Belchatow"], Alrom website, accessed July 2008.</ref> Alstom Poland state that in October 2008 the company signed a contract with the Polish utility BOT Elektrownia Belchatow SA to build what "will be the largest power plant ever built in the country ... The plant would generate 10% less CO2 on a per KWh basis than the typical coal plant in the region."<ref>Alstom, [http://www.transport.alstom.com/home/elibrary/panorama/_files/file_31367_44963.pdf "ALSTOM in Poland: A highly promising market"], Alstom website, undated, accessed July 2008.</ref> The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which funded the project, states on its website that "the project represents a major step in upgrading existing generating assets in Poland to ensure that they meet EU environmental legislation post 2008, notably requirements of the [[European Union Large Combustion Plant Directive|EU Large Combustion Plant]] and IPPC directives. The project is also an integral part of Polish governmental energy security program."<ref>European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, [http://www.ebrd.com/projects/eias/25438.htm Belchatow II: Environmental Impact Assessment], August 2005.</ref>