Leczna Power Station (Enea)

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Leczna Power Station (Enea) is a cancelled power station in Łęczna, Gmina Łęczna, Łęczna county, Lubelskie, Poland.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Leczna Power Station (Enea) Łęczna, Gmina Łęczna, Łęczna county, Lubelskie, Poland 51.3, 22.883333 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 cancelled coal - bituminous 500 integrated gasification combined cycle

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 ENEA SA [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): Bogdanka coal mine

Background

In September 2017 it was reported that Poland’s energy minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski expects state-run utility Enea to build a 500 megawatt IGCC plant in Leczna for around 5 billion zlotys (US$1.41 billion). The plant would use coal from the Bogdanka coal mine, which is 66% owned by Enea.[1]

In December 2019, Mitsubishi and Enea submitted an application to create a joint partnership to build the plant. The application is under review.[2]

In November 2020, wnp.pl reported the plant had been shelved by Polish officials, due to concerns over the plant's profitability given EU climate policies[3] and the declining economics of coal. However, the plant has not been officially called off by project sponsors.

In April 2023, Leczna24.pl reported that the gasified coal power plant would not be built [4], and that Enea's initial 2020 plans for the IGCC plant never entered the implementation phase.

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "Poland's Enea expected to build gasified coal power plant -minister," Reuters, Sep 6, 2017
  2. "Mitsubishi w Łęcznej," e-pojezierze.pl, January 18, 2020
  3. "Polska elektrownia na zgazowany węgiel coraz mniej realna - budownictwo". wnp.pl (in polski). 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Łęczna: Enea nie zbuduje elektrowni na zgazowany węgiel". leczna24.pl (in polski). 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2023-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Additional data

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