Coal-Fired Plants in Poland- Wielkopolskie  

Adamów
Location: Wielkopolskie
Operator: Zespól Elektrowni Patnów-Adamów-Konin
Configuration: 5 X 120 MW CHP
Operation: 1964-1966
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: Rafako
T/G supplier: Zamech, Dolmel
Quick facts: ZEPAK is Poland’s second largest lignite-fueled power producer and has about a 12% market share. In Mar 1999, Elektrim SA became a strategic investor in ZEPAK by acquiring a 39% stake. The remaining shares are owned by the state (50%) and employees (10%).

Photograph courtesy of Zespól Elektrowni Patnów Adamów Konin
Posted 3 Dec 2006

Konin
Location: Wielkopolskie
Operator: Zespól Elektrowni Patnów-Adamów-Konin
Configuration: 1 X 28 MW, 1 X 55 MW, 2 X 50 MW, 1 X 65 MW, 2 X 120 MW CHP
Operation: 1974-1977
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: Pauker/EKM, Rafako
T/G supplier: Skoda, Escher Wyss, Oerlikon, ABB, Zamech, Dolmel
Quick facts: Konin is the oldest lignite-fired power plant in Poland. The generating units have been modernized with ABB's Procontrol automation system.

Photograph courtesy of Zespól Elektrowni Patnów Adamów Konin
Posted 18 Aug 2005

Patnow
Location: Wielkopolskie
Operator: Zespól Elektrowni Patnów-Adamów-Konin
Configuration: 6 X 200 MW, 1 X 460 MW
Operation: 1967-2008
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: Rafako, Taganrog, Alstom
T/G supplier: Zamech, Dolmel, Electrosila, Alstom, SNC
Quick facts: Patnow 1&2 are deactivated and have been replaced by a new 460-MW supercritical unit built by Alstom, the first supercritical unit in the country. This €540mn project was completed by SNC Lavalin with low-NOX burners and a wet lime FGD from Rafako. Partial funding was obtained from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Photograph courtesy of Zespól Elektrowni Patnów Adamów Konin
Posted 20 Aug 2005

Abbreviations: CFB = circulating fluidized bed, CHP = combined heat and power, FW = Foster Wheeler,  GEC = General Electric UK, T/G = turbine generator

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 03/15/08

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