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The Jaworzno Power Station is a complex of coal-fired
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/ref> Is 1940s, the construction of the Jaworzno II Power Station started and in 1953 the first two generating units became operational. In 1956, the Jaworzno Power Station II reached the capacity of 300 MW. The two power stations were merged into a single company in 1972. Construction of the Jaworzno III Power Station started in 1972 and the generating units were commissioned in 1976–1979. In 1995, all three stations were combined into a state-owned company called ''Elektrownia Jaworzno III''. The first power station was decommissioned in 1998. In 2000, the Elektrownia Jaworzno III became part of PKE SA.
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thermal power station
A thermal power station is a type of power station in which heat energy is converted to electrical energy. In a steam-generating cycle heat is used to boil water in a large pressure vessel to produce high-pressure steam, which drives a stea ...
s at Jaworzno
Jaworzno is a city in southern Poland, near Katowice. It lies in the Silesian Highlands, on the Przemsza river (a tributary of the Vistula). Jaworzno belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland. The city is situated in the Silesian Voivod ...
, 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 populou ...
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The largest plant of the Jaworzno power plant complex is called Jaworzno III. It has an installed electrical generating capacity of 1,345 MW, as well as thermal heating capacity of 321 MWt. About to the east is Jaworzno II, with an installed electrical generating capacity of .
History
The beginnings of the plant go back to 1898, when the first two generators were installed with the capacity of 320 kW for the purpose of lighting the neighbouring coal mines and houses. In 1959, after modernization the power station's capacity reached 157 MW./ref> Is 1940s, the construction of the Jaworzno II Power Station started and in 1953 the first two generating units became operational. In 1956, the Jaworzno Power Station II reached the capacity of 300 MW. The two power stations were merged into a single company in 1972. Construction of the Jaworzno III Power Station started in 1972 and the generating units were commissioned in 1976–1979. In 1995, all three stations were combined into a state-owned company called ''Elektrownia Jaworzno III''. The first power station was decommissioned in 1998. In 2000, the Elektrownia Jaworzno III became part of PKE SA.
The Jaworzno III Plant
Jaworzno III has a highflue gas stack
A flue-gas stack, also known as a smoke stack, chimney stack or simply as a stack, is a type of chimney, a vertical pipe, channel or similar structure through which combustion product gases called flue gases are exhausted to the outside air. Flue g ...
which is one of Poland's tallest free standing structures.
See also
*List of power stations in Poland
The following page lists all power stations in Poland.
Coal
Gas Turbines
Hydroelectric
Pumped Storage Hydroelectric
Wind
See also
* List of power stations in Europe
* List of largest power stations in the world
R ...
* Katowice Power Station
* Kozienice Power Station
The Kozienice Power Station is a coal-fired thermal power station in Świerże Górne near Kozienice, Poland. It is Poland's second largest power station with an installed capacity of 4,016 MW.
The power station has one high flue gas stack, ...
* Połaniec Power Station
Połaniec Power Station is a coal-fired and biomass power station near Połaniec in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. It consists of 8 units each with a generation capacity of 225 MW. The power station went into service between 1979 and 19 ...
* Łaziska Power Station
Łaziska Power Station ( pl, Elektrownia Łaziska) is a thermal power station in Łaziska Górne, Poland. The first Łaziska Power Station was inaugurated in 1917. In 1929, an 87.1 MW unit was inaugurated making it to the largest power stati ...
* List of towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
References
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*Tauron Jaworzno III
* {{Authority control Energy infrastructure completed in 1898 Energy infrastructure completed in 1953 Energy infrastructure completed in 1972 Towers completed in 1972 Coal-fired power stations in Poland Cogeneration power stations in Poland Chimneys in Poland Buildings and structures in Jaworzno