A planned private 1,600 MW coal-fired power plant (2 x 800 MWe) in Rajkowy near Pelplin in Pomorskie Voivodeship, developed by Polenergia, a company of the Kulczyk group. The unit was to be fuelled by hard coal (on the order of 4.5-5 million tonnes per year). The investment did not materialise: following the annulment of the building permit and a June 2019 ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court in Warsaw, the project ended definitively.
The investment was not carried out. The June 2019 ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court in Warsaw marked the definitive end of the project; earlier, as far back as 2015, the investor had pointed to the absence of economic grounds for its implementation.
How it went
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Significance
The abandonment of the largest planned private coal-fired power plant in Poland is sometimes read as the symbolic end of the era of new coal units in the country. After dropping the project, the investor redirected its activity towards renewable energy, including offshore wind farms on the Baltic Sea.
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- OKO.press27 Jun 2019StatusFailure descriptionDescription
Nameopalanej węglem Elektrowni Północ koło Pelplina
StatusDecyzja Naczelnego Sądu Administracyjnego (NSA) w Warszawie oznacza definitywny koniec Elektrowni Północ
Failure descriptionJuż w 2015 roku Polenergia informowała o braku przesłanek ekonomicznych do realizacji projektu Elektrowni Północ.
DescriptionElektrownia Północ miała mieć moc 1600 megawatów
- Dzikie Życie2019Investor
Investornależącą do rodziny Kulczyków spółką Polenergia
- Dziennik.plStage
StageElektrownia Północ bez pozwolenia na budowę. To koniec inwestycji
- Inwestycje Energetyczne (Politechnika Warszawska)Funding
Locationwojewództwie pomorskim
CategoryPaliwo: Węgiel kamienny dostarczany z pobliskich kopalni Bogdanka, ok. 5 mln ton rocznie
FundingPolenergia SA to pierwsza polska, prywatna grupa energetyczna
- Global Energy Monitor
- Gazeta Prawna19 Jun 2019Delivery
DeliveryPolenergia nie będzie mogła wybudować elektrowni węglowej Północ w okolicy Pelplina