Kozienice power station

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Kozienice power station is an operating power station of at least 3994-megawatts (MW) in Świerże Górne, Kozienice, Mazowieckie, Poland with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kozienice power station	Świerże Górne, Kozienice, Kozienice, Mazowieckie, Poland	51.58293, 21.54779 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 10, Unit 11, Unit 12, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8, Unit 9, Unit CC1, Unit CC2: 51.58293, 21.54779

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	CHP	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	operating	coal - bituminous	215	subcritical	–	1972	2025 (planned)
Unit 10	operating	coal - bituminous	560	subcritical	–	1979	2042 (planned)
Unit 11	operating	coal - lignite	1075	supercritical	–	2017	–
Unit 12	cancelled	coal - bituminous	1075	supercritical	–	–	–
Unit 2	operating	coal - bituminous	225	subcritical	–	1973	2025 (planned)
Unit 3	operating	coal - bituminous	225	subcritical	–	1973	2025 (planned)
Unit 4	operating	coal - bituminous	228	subcritical	–	1973	2025 (planned)
Unit 5	operating	coal - bituminous	225	subcritical	–	1973	2027 (planned)
Unit 6	operating	coal - bituminous	228	subcritical	–	1974	2027 (planned)
Unit 7	operating	coal - bituminous	225	subcritical	–	1974	2027 (planned)
Unit 8	operating	coal - bituminous	228	subcritical	–	1975	2027 (planned)
Unit 9	operating	coal - bituminous	560	subcritical	–	1978	2041 (planned)
Unit CC1	pre-permit	fossil gas - natural gas	1100	combined cycle	–	2026	–
Unit CC2	pre-permit	fossil gas - natural gas	1100	combined cycle	–	2027	–

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Unit 1	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 10	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 11	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 12	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 2	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 3	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 4	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 5	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 6	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 7	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 8	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit 9	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100.0%]	–
Unit CC1	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%]	ENEA SA
Unit CC2	ENEA Wytwarzanie SP zoo [100%]	ENEA SA

Background

Kozienice power station is Poland's second largest power station with an installed capacity of 3,915 megawatts (MW) (eight units of 215 MW each, two of 560 MW each, and one of 1,075 MW). It is owned by Elektrownia Wytwarzanie S.A., the generation subsidiary of Enea.

It burns anthracite coal and was commissioned from 1972 to 2017.

In July 2023, Poland's Treasury made financial offers to several state-owned power utilities to transfer their coal mines and coal power plants into a new state-owned company, the National Energy Security Agency (NABE). Enea's Wytwarzanie subsidiary was offered 2.48 billion zloty (US$625 million) for the Kozienice plant. The government reportedly wanted to assume responsibility for the coal plants to allow the existing utilities to attract private finance for renewable projects.

In April 2024, Poland's Minister for Industry confirmed the new government will abandon the previous administration's plan to shift state-owned coal mines and coal plants to the National Energy Security Agency (NABE), saying: "The NABE project will not be implemented. [We will] link coal-fired power plants with specific mines instead."

Expansion

Unit 11

Enea planned for a €1.3 billion coal-fired supercritical unit at the station (Unit 11) with an installed capacity of 1,000 MW. Construction was expected to start in 2012. Enea group also signed a PLN 22.5 million (€5.2 million) coal supply agreement with Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka S.A. to supply coal from its Bogdanka coal mine. The supply agreement was set to expire in 2036.

In September 2012, Enea announced it had signed an agreement with Polimex and Hitachi (Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe) to build a 1,075 MW (gross) power station expansion. Enea stated that Unit 11 had begun construction and was scheduled to be completed in 2017. Enea also stated that funding for the project would be from internal company funds "and its 10-year bond issue programme."

In January 2017, Enea said it still expected the plant to be completed by the end of the year.

The new unit was inaugurated by Enea on December 19, 2017, at a cost of 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion).

Unit 12

According to Platts (2013), the company was also planning Unit 12, another 1,075 MW unit, but there were no other news sources and developments for this proposal, which appears to be deferred or abandoned.

Financing

In early September 2012 Enea announced that it had reached agreement with BRE Bank over the PLN 4 billion bond programme, with a minimum of 40 bond raisings being conducted for a minimum of PLN100 million each. Enea also announced that "an agreement on bond subscription guarantee concerning the programme was concluded on 8 September 2012 between ENEA S.A. and ENEA Wytwarzanie. The guarantee agreement would be in force to June 2022 or till the date of bond redemption date."

Proposed Gas Conversion

In 2020, Enea announced it was in discussions with Gaz-System to connect its Kozienice plant to the gas grid. Their aim was to convert the older coal units to gas units in the future.

Coal retirement plans

In the extended report for the third quarter of 2021, Enea presented the schedule for the "shutdown" of coal-fired units:

• B1-B4: Four blocks with an installed capacity of 230 MW each were expected to be shut down in 2025;
• B5-B8: Another four blocks with the same capacity were to be shut down in 2027;
• B9-B10: Another two blocks with a capacity of 560 MW each were expected to retire in 2041 and 2042, respectively;
• B11: The most modern and largest unit was expected to be phased out before the end of coal mining in Poland, i.e. in 2048.

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