Zelwa power station

The Zelwa power station is a proposed 1000 MW hard coal-fired power plant for Zelwa, Belarus, 70 km from the Polish border.

Project details
Project sponsors are polish investment firm Kulczyk Holding and Belarusian power company Bielenergo. Kulczyk Holding said the firm was planning the direct current inset on the Belarusian side, to link the two country's grids. The plant is expected to begin operation in 2014 and will export energy to Poland.

In October 2010, Polish media reported that Kulczyk Holding was negotiating purchase of land in the commune of Pelpin in northern Poland as a site for a 1600 MW hard coal-fired power plant.

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 * Europe and coal
 * Global use and production of coal
 * Belarus and coal
 * Poland and coal

External Resources

 * "Porto Romano thermo power plant, Albania," BankWatch, May 2009