858 MW power unit at the Bełchatów Power Plant
Power unit No. 14 with a capacity of 858 MW, erected at the Bełchatów Power Plant in the locality of Rogowiec (Kleszczów municipality, Bełchatów county, Łódzkie Voivodeship), owned by PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A. of the PGE Group. It is the largest coal-fired unit in Poland, fuelled by lignite from the nearby open-pit mine. Construction of the unit began in 2007, with Alstom as the general contractor. The unit was officially placed into operation on 28 September 2011; total capital expenditure amounted to about EUR 1.2 billion. At peak, as many as 2 thousand people from more than a dozen countries worked on the construction site.
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Timeline
- Construction start2007
- Delivery28 Sep 2011
Change history
- 28 Sep 2011stage: operational
- 2007stage: construction
Significance
The 858 MW unit is the largest single power unit in Poland and one of the largest lignite-fired units in Europe. It was built as an expansion of the Bełchatów Power Plant - the largest thermal power plant in the country - and at the time of commissioning was presented by PGE as the most modern and most efficient unit in the Polish power system, with the lowest cost of energy generation. The investment, worth about EUR 1.2 billion, reinforced the role of the Bełchatów complex as a pillar of national electricity production.
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- Forsal.pl / PAP28 Sep 2011StatusCost
StatusPonad miliard euro kosztowała budowa nowego bloku energetycznego o mocy 858 MW, który powstał na terenie Elektrowni Bełchatów, należącej do Polskiej Grupy Energetycznej.
CostŁączne nakłady inwestycyjne wyniosły około 1,2 mld euro.
- ddbelchatow.pl2021Construction startDeliverySchedule
Construction startBudowę bloku 858 MW rozpoczęto w 2007 roku.
DeliveryTo był 28 września 2011 roku. Tego dnia z wielką pompą oficjalnie oddano do użytku blok 858 MW
Deliveryoficjalnie oddano do użytku blok 858 MW
ScheduleOstatecznie blok, nie bez kłopotów, bo w sumie cztery miesiące później niż planowano, oddano do użytku i zsynchronizowano z krajowym systemem energetycznym.
- Forbes.pl / PAP28 Sep 2011
- Wikipedia (pl)StageInvestorUtilisation
Stage · Utilisationoddany do użytku w październiku 2011
InvestorPGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A. – Oddział Elektrownia Bełchatów
LocationPołożona jest na terenie gminy Kleszczów w powiecie bełchatowskim w województwie łódzkim w miejscowości Rogowiec
- Funding
FundingEfektem starań w ramach międzynarodowego przetargu na finansowanie budowy bloku 833 MW i projektów związanych, było podpisanie w sierpniu 2006 r. umów finansowych z ING Bank Śląski, Citibank Handlowy, Nordic Investment Bank, Europejskim Bankiem Inwestycyjnym i Europejskim Bankiem Odbudowy i Rozwoju (EBOiR).