Tychy power station

From SourceWatch
Jump to navigation Jump to search

{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Polandandcoal}} Tychy Power Station is a 165-megawatt (MW) coal-fired powered station in Tychy, Poland.

Location

The map below shows Tychy, the approximate area where the plant is located.

Loading map...

Background

Tychy Power Station is owned by the Tauron Group's Polska Energia, Poland’s second-largest utility. The company plans to convert its 50 MW unit 1 and 65 MW unit 2 from coal to biomass, to meet stricter emissions limits that will be taking effect in 2016.[1][2]

New coal unit

Tauron plans to also build a new coal-fired heat and power unit (unit 3) at the station with the capacity to generate 50 megawatts.[1][3]

The unit was completed in June 2016.[4]

Project Details of Unit 3

  • Sponsor: Tauron Cieplo Sa
  • Parent company: Tauron Group
  • Location: Tychy, Slaskie, Poland
  • Coordinates: 50.121801, 19.020002 (approximate)
  • Status: Operating
  • Capacity: 50 MW
  • Type: Subcritical
  • Start date: 2016
  • Coal Type:
  • Coal Source:
  • Source of financing:

Articles and Resources

Sources

Related SourceWatch Articles

This article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.