The investment program for the Zgierz Power Plant – building new generating unit
PGE Energia Ciepła S.A. ·Poland
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">The main objective of the Project „The investment program for the Zgierz Power Plant – building new generation units” is to reduce a negative impact of the Zgierz Power Plant upon the natural environment, performed through investment activities, meant as construction of new high-efficiency cogeneration units and installation of renewable energy sources as well as dissemination of availability of the system heat in the city of Zgierz and its promotion as the most effective and ecological one.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">The fundamental subject of the Project is constructing a new gas cogeneration unit, based on the set of gas engines, supplemented with RES in the form of solar panels, within an existing facility - the Zgierz Power Plant. The new gas cogeneration unit is going to replace worn out coal-powered generation sources. Moreover, the Project takes into account construction of a necessary gas connection and a connection to the power grid along with the entire </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">auxiliary infrastructure. In addition, it covers extra investment works including connecting of a civic building to the heating system together with the development of a new heat distribution center.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">The Project is going to be implemented in 2022-2023, whereas preparatory actions stared back in 2019. Until April 30, 2024 so called ecological effect will have been approved. </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">The investment is going to be implemented within the premise of the city of Zgierz, Łódzkie Province. However, “soft” operations are going to be run in other locations, covering the entire Poland.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">The investment is going to bring positive ecological results in terms of air protection and its main ecological effect will be an avoided emission of </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif">CO2, arising out of the transformation of the Zgierz Power Plant from the coal fuel into a low-emission natural gas, being a basic fuel applied to generate heat and electricity. An obvious consequence will be also avoided emissions of NOx, SOx and other contamination, including PL2,5 and PM10 particles</span></span></p>