Tychy Power Station

Tychy Power Station is a coal-powered station in Tychy, Poland

Location of Tychy Power Station - approximate area only

Background
Tychy Power Station is owned by the Tauron Group's Polska Energia, Poland’s second-largest utility. The company is converting the 40-megawatt unit to biomass by 2012, to meet stricter emissions limits that will taking effect in 2016.

By 2016, Tauron will also build another coal-fired heat and power unit at the station with the capacity to generate 50 megawatts of electricity and 86 megawatts of thermal energy.

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