The district court of Poznan (Poland) has ruled that the decision of state-owned power utility ENEA to join the 1,000 MW Ostroleka C coal-fired power project developed by Energa, another Polish state-owned power group, was null and void. The court ruling is appealable.
In September 2018, Energa's shareholders approved the plan to build the Ostrołęka C project on the site of the existing Ostrołęka power plant. The PLN6bn (€1.4bn) Ostrołęka C project is developed by Energa and Enea and is expected to be operational by mid-2023. 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. 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. The project is expected to be the last coal-fired unit to be built in the country. It is opposed by environmental groups, which challenged the project in courts.
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