Siekierki Power Station

Siekierki Power Station
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Official nameElektrociepłownia Siekierki
CountryPoland
LocationSiekierki, Warsaw
Coordinates52°11′17″N 21°5′24″E / 52.18806°N 21.09000°E / 52.18806; 21.09000
StatusOperational
Construction began1958
Commission date1961
OperatorPGNiG
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Thermal capacity2,081 MW
Power generation
Nameplate capacity622 MW
External links
Website[1]
CommonsRelated media on Commons

Siekierki Power Station (Polish: Elektrociepłownia Siekierki) is a combined heat and power plant at Augustówka in Warsaw, Poland. It has an installed heat capacity of 2,081 MW and power generation capacity of 622 MW. Construction work on the station started in 1958, and in 1961 the first 50 MW unit went in service. Three further units followed in 1962, increasing its power to 200 MW.

Further units, increasing the power of the station to 600 MW were built between 1974 and 1978.

On April 26, 1976 a turbine disintegrated, whereby one blade shot through the roof and a fire broke out. A further fire occurred on June 2, 2010.

Previously owned by Vattenfall it is now owned by PGNiG.[1]

  1. ^ PGNiG Termika. "Our Plants". PGNiG Termika (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-18. PGNiG TERMIKA owns five plants: HP Kawęczyn, CHP Pruszków, CHP Siekierki, CHP Żerań and HP Wola. They produce approximately 401 million GJ of heat which covers 70% of the demand in Warsaw and 60% in Pruszków, Piastów and Michałowice.