Dolna Odra Power Station is a coal-fired power station at

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. It consists of 8 units, 2 with 220 MW and 6 with 232 MW, which went in service between 1974 and 5 to 8 were awarded in 1977. Since 1993, Dolna Odra has gone through modernization process. In 2000, units 7 and 8 were equipped by new controls systems from Pavilion Technologies and

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. Starting from October 2002, the flue gas from the units 5–8 is cleaned at the

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plant, built by Lurgi Lentjes. PGE also plans to build two new natural gas-fired units with capacity of 432 MW each. Dolna Odra Power Station has three

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s: one with a height of , one with a height of , and one with a height of . A second tall flue gas stack was demolished in a non-explosive way after construction of a smoke cleaning facility, which uses the mentioned tall stack. On 24 January 2010, an explosion of coal dust killed one employee and injured three. Part of a plant's coal supply system has been damaged.

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