Pulawy power station (Grupa Azoty)
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Pulawy power station (Grupa Azoty) is a proposed 100-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Poland.
Location
The map below shows Pulawy, the approximate location where the plant would be built.
Background on Plant
In 2008, Swedish-based Vattenfall proposed to build a 1,620 MW coal-fired power plant in Pulawy through its Polish unit in 2008, the Pulawy power station (Vattenfall).[1] In 2010, it was reported that Vattenfall decided to cancel the project.[2]
In 2011, the rights for the power project were transferred to ZA Puławy S.A. and PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A. (GiEK), who were pursuing plans for an 800-900 MW combined cycle natural gas plant instead.[3]
On December 23, 2014, Grupa Azoty purchased 100% of the shares in Puławy Power Plant from PGE GiEK, and said it planned to build a 400 MW gas plant.[4]
In April 2017, it was reported that Grupa Azoty had decided to build a 90-100 MW coal-burning power plant unit instead of the 400 MW gas-fuelled unit which had been planned.[5] The company was expected to announce a tender to build the plant in 2017. According to Polityka Insight, while Azoty Puławy said they cancelled the tender to build the gas unit because it was too large for its plants in Puławy, the decision was made when state-owned energy companies decided to financially support the merging of two coal companies, KHW and PGG.[6]
In July 2019, Grupa Azoty chose the offer of Polimex Mostostal, Polimex Energetyka, and SBB Energy to build the coal plant. Construction was planned to start in September 2019 and operation in the fourth quarter of 2022.[7] Construction began in October 2019.[8]
In September 2020 Inżynieria reported that construction on the plant was ongoing, but that there were questions over whether, once commissioned, the plant would be fueled by coal or switched to another fuel given EU climate policies.[9]
In January 2022, it was reported that Grupa Azoty Puławy rejected the application of Polimex Mostostal SA for an increase in financing by over PLN 35 million. The company implementing the project justified its request with the impact of the pandemic on the conduct of works and legislative changes. It also asked for an extension of the project implementation period by 223 days. The management board of the chemical tycoon from Puławy asked for additional documents.[10]
Financing
In July 2015, BGK agreed to provide funding for the US$264 million power station project. No exact funding amount from BGK was provided.[11] The funding agreement was signed when the power station was still being planned as a 400 MW gas-fired unit.[12] Thus, it was unclear if the total project amount or funding amount changed when plans were scaled back to a 100 MW coal-fired unit.
As noted above, discussions were underway about an increasing in financing in early 2022.
Project Details of proposed coal plant
- Sponsor: Grupa Azoty Pulawy
- Parent company: Grupa Azoty
- Developer:
- Location: Pulawy, Lublin, Poland
- Coordinates: 51.416443, 21.969309 (approximate)
- Status: Construction
- Capacity: 100 MW
- Type: CHP
- Start date: 2022
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source:
- Source of financing: BGK[11]
Resources and articles
References
- ↑ "Mapping CCS in Poland," Bellona Europa, October 2009
- ↑ "Vattenfall Will Not Build Two Power Plants in Poland," The Warsaw Voice, October 11, 2010
- ↑ "Pulawy power project enters its next stage," Pulawy, September 5, 2012
- ↑ "Puławy Power Plant," Elektrownia Puławy, accessed January 2018
- ↑ "Poland - Factors to Watch Apr 5," Reuters, April 4, 2017
- ↑ "Energy report," Polityka Insight, April 2017
- ↑ "Zakłady Azotowe Puławy select the offer of the consortium headed by Polimex Mostostal for the construction of a new power unit". Polimex Mostostal. 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ↑ "Ruszyła budowa nowego bloku energetycznego w Grupie Azoty Puławy," Grupa Azoty, October 14, 2019
- ↑ "Co dalej z elektrociepłownią w Puławach? Potrzebna decyzja". Inżynieria.com (in polski). 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ↑ "Puławy: Grupa Azoty nie chce płacić więcej za budowę nowego bloku energetycznego," Radio Lublin, January 13, 2022
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Staff, Reuters (2015-07-02). "REFILE-Polish Grupa Azoty secures financing for Pulawy power plant project". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ↑ BGK TO CO-FINANCE A NEW GRUPA AZOTY GROUP POWER PLANT PROJECT IN PUŁAWY, Grupa Azoty, July 3, 2015
