Shareholders of the Polish state-run utility Energa have approved the plan to build the 1,000 MW Ostrołęka C coal-fired power project on the site of the existing Ostrołęka power plant in Poland in spite of opposition from environmental groups. The unit is expected to be the last coal-fired unit to be built in the country.
The PLN6bn (€1.4bn) Ostrołęka C project is developed by Energa and Polish power utility Enea and is expected to be operational by mid-2023. Both companies will take advantage of a back-up power capacity scheme, under which they will be paid for keeping power plants online to deliver power when required.
Once built, the new unit is slated to have an average efficiency of 46%, representing a 26% cut in CO2 emissions compared with average coal-fired units with a 33% efficiency. The Engineering, Procurement and Commissioning (EPC) agreement was signed with General Electric (GE Power) in July 2018.