Opole Power Station

Opole Power Station is a 1532 megawatt (MW) coal power station in Opole, Poland, operated by the state-owned Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE Group).

April 2013: Expansion plans cancelled
PGE Group planned to add two hard coal fired 900 MW supercritical power units (5 and 6). PGE's 2012 strategy indicated one 900MW unit commissioned and scheduled for 2017, with the second unit planned for 2018. The plant would cost $3.7 billion. The consortium to build Opole includes Polimex, Rafako (a unit of PBG), and Mostostal Warszawa, which is the Polish unit of Spanish firm Acciona.

PGE had to delay the construction of the units after a court blocked the investment following an appeal by ecologists. In October 2012 a Polish court ordered the re-examination of a block, sending the case back to a lower court.

In April 2013, PGE announced that it had decided to cancel the expansion plans, citing weak electricity demand and falling electricity prices.

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