On 29 June, the cornerstone was laid for a new power unit at the Turów Power Plant.
The unit with a gross capacity of 496 MW will replace the three oldest power units No. 8, 9 and 10. The new investment will be one of the most modern in Europe. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe will supply the power boiler, complete equipment for the flue gas treatment system, pipelines, turbine with generator and superior I&C systems. In addition, MHPSE will carry out the commissioning of the unit. Responsibilities of the consortium partners, i.e. Budimex S.A. (Poland) and Tecnicas Reunidas S.A. (Spain), will include construction and assembly works, construction of a cooling tower, general electrical installations, steel structures, ducts and some non-block systems.
The new investment will cover the energy demand of about 1 million households. The main fuel of the power plant will be lignite, burned in a pulverized coal boiler with supercritical parameters with secondary steam superheating. The power of the new unit was determined on the basis of the analyses carried out. It is expected that the power plant’s production potential will be fully utilized by using the available coal resources in the nearby Turów Lignite Mine.
– The construction of the unit is a rational and well-thought-out decision, justified by trends in the energy market. This belief stems from the belief that it is right to invest in conventional energy at the Turów Power Plant, where the new unit makes optimal use of the mine’s existing assets and lignite resources. The use of state-of-the-art coal combustion technology will provide our customer with a facility with one of the highest electricity generation efficiencies available on the market, while reducing CO2. It is also worth noting that the regulatory and legal environment is changing systematically, which does not make it easy to make difficult decisions about new investments. No less important factor for investors influencing their decisions will be ensuring appropriate environmental protection parameters – said Piotr Świecki, Director of Energy and Industrial Construction at Budimex.
July 10, 2014 PGE GiEK signed a contract for the construction of a unit at the Turów Power Plant with the consortium of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe (55.38%), Budimex (22.31%) and Tecnicas Reunidas (22.31%). The new unit will meet the environmental requirements resulting from restrictive national and EU regulations. An annex allowing for the adaptation of the investment to the standards resulting from the BAT conclusions was signed in November 2015. and increased the value of the contract by PLN 280 million. In accordance with the provisions of the agreement, the new unit will be commissioned within 65 months from the date of issuance of the Work Commencement Order, i.e. in the second quarter of 2020. The gross value of the contract is nearly PLN 4.35 billion.
