Łaziska power plant
The Łaziska power plant ( Polish : Elektrownia Łazisk ) is located in Ober Lazisk ( Łaziska Górne ) in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland . The operator is Tauron Wytwarzanie (former: Południowy Koncern Energetyczny SA). It has a nominal output of 1,155 megawatts.
It is a conventional thermal power plant, one of 18 power plants operating in the Polish Energy System. It was founded in 1917 and was the largest power plant in Poland from 1927 to 1953. In terms of installed capacity, the Łaziska power plant is the 3rd in Silesia and the 9th in Poland and generates around 4.2% of domestic electricity generation.
In addition, it has an installed heating capacity of 196 MW.
The Polish Energy Museum is located in the facility.
Power plant units
The power plant consists of six blocks (2 × 125 MW, 3 × 225 MW and 1 × 230 MW nominal), which were built between 1972 and 1976 and 2012, and has a gross output of approx. 1,155 MW.
| block | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net power (electrical)
Grid feed |
125 MW | 125 MW | 225 MW | 225 MW | 225 MW | 230 MW |
| Installation | 1967/1995 | 1967/1995 | 1972/2000 | 1972/2000 | 1972/2000 | 1972/2000 |
| Shutdown | 04/01/2020 (planned) | 04/01/2020 (planned) | ? | ? | ? | ? |
history
1917 - The Prince of Pszczyna (von Pless) starts the construction of the power station and carbide factory
1918 - The power plant is registered together with the hard metal factory as a company in the commercial register as the power and smelting works “Prinzengrube” joint stock company (Elektrownia i Karbidownia Kopalni “Książątko” SA)
1923 - Expansion of the plant, doubling of the power plant capacity to around 24 MW
1929 - The power plant reaches a capacity of 87.1 MW and becomes the largest power plant in Poland
1934-38 - zakłady znajdują się pod zarządem przymusowym państwa
1939-45 - During the occupation, the power plant's output increases to 122.1 MW
1949 - Division of the "Elektro" plant into the "Łaziska" power plant and the "Łaziska" steel plant
1953 - after successive expansions the power plant reached approx. 200 MW
1963-67 - first stage of expansion and modernization of the power plant - construction of two units of 120 MW; The power plant's output reaches 429 MW
1967-72 - Second expansion stage and modernization of the power plant - four blocks of 200 MW
1975 - 82 - Outdated turbines shut down
1980-90 - further modernization
1993-95 - modernization of the two 120 MW units. Their output will be increased to 125 MW
1996-2000 - modernization of the four 200 MW units. The output of three blocks will be increased to 225 MW and the fourth to 230 MW