Białystok Power Station (Elektrociepłownia Białystok S.A.) is a
cogeneration
Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time.
Cogeneration is a more efficient use of fuel or heat, because otherwise- wasted heat from elect ...
power station in the
Białostoczek neighborhood of
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...
, a city in north-east
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
which produces both
heat
In thermodynamics, heat is defined as the form of energy crossing the boundary of a thermodynamic system by virtue of a temperature difference across the boundary. A thermodynamic system does not ''contain'' heat. Nevertheless, the term is al ...
and
electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...
. The main recipient of the electricity is PGE (formerly Zakład Energetyczny Białystok) and the main recipient of the heat is Enea Wytwarzanie (formerly Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej w Białymstoku).
History
In 1939 the power of the power plant reached 10 700 kW, 109 local power plants with a total capacity of 19 128 kW are operating in Podlaskie Voivodeship at that time. In 1951 reorganization of the Energy Union of the Białystok District into 3 separate plants: Zakład Sieci Elektrycznych Białystok, Elektrownia Białystok and Regions of Energy Sale. In 1958 Zakład Sieci Elektrycznych Białystok and Elektrownia Białystok were merged. 1965 saw the beginning of construction of the EC II Heat and Power Plant (currently Białystok Heat and Power Plant). In 1967 first WLM 38 water boiler at CHP II, short-circuited with the heating system of EC I and EC II were commissioned. In 1974 commissioning of the last of the WP 70 water boilers was completed. In 1978 the first BC 50 heating unit (duoblock) was put into operation. In 1990 the obsolete EC I CHP plant was shut down. On 22 January 1991 CHP Plant was separated from Zakład Energetyczny. In 1991, the last, third unit of BC 50 at EC II was commissioned. On 30 September 1993 Elektrociepłownia Białystok was transformed into a sole shareholder company of the State Treasury. On 15 February 2001 conclusion of agreement between the State Treasury and
Société nationale d'électricité et de thermique
Société nationale d'électricité et de thermique (SNET) is a French electricity generation and distribution company.
As the inheritor of Charbonnages de France's thermal power stations, SNET have an installed capacity of 2.4 gigawatts, or ar ...
(SNET S.A.) on the power plant privatization, and the latter became the company's majority shareholder.
See also
References
Buildings and structures in Białystok
Economy of Białystok
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