Poland

Będzin Power Station — 82 MW Coal

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Będzin Power Station is a 82 MW coal power plant located in Poland. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
82 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1993

Year online

Owner
Polska Grupa Energetyczna

Operator

Location

Coordinates

Insights

#121
largest in Poland
#2,460
largest Coal worldwide
#11,068
largest worldwide
1993
4 yrs older than avg
10
operated by Polska Grupa Energetyczna
296
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Coal
Capacity
82 MW
Commissioned
1993
Status
Operational
Owner
Polska Grupa Energetyczna
Country
Poland
Wikipedia
Link

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
321,987 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
12,879,478 t

over ~40 yrs

Intensity
820 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

69,997
cars per year
42,932
homes per year
14,635,770
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Będzin Power Station is an 81.5 MW coal-fired power plant in Poland, commissioned in 1993. It is operated by an unspecified entity and contributes 0.13% of Poland’s total coal capacity of 62,066 MW.

Ranked #78 of 124 coal plants in Poland, Będzin’s 81.5 MW represents a small fraction of the country’s coal output. The largest coal plant in Poland is Bełchatów at 5,472 MW, making Będzin 67 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Bunji Dam (7100 MW, Hydro), Ashihama Nuclear Power Plant (2700 MW, Nuclear), and Ladyzhyn Power Plant (1800 MW, Coal). The facility is located in the Silesian Voivodeship, approximately 200 km northwest of Kraków.

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