Rybnik Power Station
Rybnik Power Station | |
---|---|
Country | Poland |
Location | Rybnik |
Coordinates | 50°08′N 18°32′E / 50.133°N 18.533°E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | 1972 |
Owner(s) | EDF EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg Elektrociepłownie Wybrzeże SA |
Operator(s) | Elektrownia Rybnik SA |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 8 x 215 MW |
Make and model | GWh |
External links | |
Website | elektrowniarybnik |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
] |
Rybnik Power Station is a hard
This hard coal power plant is located on the outskirts of the city of Rybnik in Upper Silesia (Silesian Voivodeship) the most industrialized region of Poland where most of the hard-coal mines and the majority of hard-coal power plants are located. It is the biggest power plant in upper Silesia region.[1]
History
The eight generation units of the Rybnik Power Station were commissioned in 1972–1978. In 1989, the Rybnik Power Station was separated from the Southern Power District and a separate state-owned company Elektrownia Rybnik was established. In 2001, the company was privatized to Électricité de France and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg.
Technical data
- power: 1775 MW (7% of power installed in Poland)
- annual energy production: 9436135 MWh
- 8 units of 225 MW of power each operates based on coal with annual consumption amounting to 4-4,5 million tonnes.
Development
Rybnik Power Plant had planned to construct a new unit of 910MW. The unit was supposed to begin operation in 2018 and projected to generate up to 8% of its energy from co-firing of hard coal with biomass. However, since 19 December 2012 the project is suspended. EdF states that the reasons for the suspension of the project are:
- the decision of the European Commission not to allow the new Rybnik coal-fired unit to be included in the National Investment Plan of the Republic of Poland resulting in the inability of EdF to compensate through the investment in this hard-coal unit for the CO2 emission allowances as allowed under Art 10c of the EU ETS directive,
- projected reduction of support for coal and biomass co-firing in the most recent version of the proposed Polish renewable energy act,
- dire economic outlook and the projected decrease of energy demand as compared to the 2008-2009 forecast, the business plan of the EdF Rybnik investment has been based on.
The new unit in Rybnik would produce approximately 4,7 million tonnes of CO2 per year and would cost EUR 1,8 billion and EdF planned to cover it from the group's own capital. However, due to the increase in costs due to the
Social effect
One of the main problems of citizens living in the area of the investment is the bad air quality of
Environmental effect
Burning coal is one of the most polluting ways of energy production, and the most popular, with China and the U.S. leading the way; 68.7 percent of Chinese electricity comes from coal as of 2006, and 49 percent in the U.S. respectively.
See also
References
- ^ a b Elektrownia Rybnik - O nas. Internet Archive.
- ^ "BANKTRACK: Rybnik coal power plant Poland". Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "GRAMwZIELONE.pl - Portal zielonej energii". 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Nuclear Power in China". Country Briefings. World Nuclear Association. 31 July 2010. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
Economy of China in Wikipedia.
- ^ Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Śląskiego, "Program ochrony powietrza dla stref gliwicko-mikołowskiej i częstochowsko-lublinieckiej województwa śląskiego. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Wydział Ochrony Środowiska. Stwierdzone zostały ponadnormatywne poziomy substancji w powietrzu" funded by Silesian Voivodeship; Katowice 2011.
- http://www.elektrownia.rybnik.pl/en/index.php?page=42
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b58341
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b58342
External links
Media related to Rybnik Power Station at Wikimedia Commons