Łagisza Power Station () is a coal-fired

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at Łagisza in

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. The power plant has a total installed power capacity of 1,060 MW and installed

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thermal capacity of 335 MW. It is operated by Południowy Koncern Energetyczny, a subsidiary of the

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. Construction of the power station started in 1960, after it was decided in 1958 to build it. In 1963–1967, seven units with 120 MW generation capacity each were built. These units used two

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s: one with a height of and one with a height of . On 12 May 2006, construction of a new unit with 460 MW unit started. It was the world's first supercritical circulating

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project with the world's largest circulating fluidized bed boiler. The boiler was supplied by

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, while automation was supplied by Metso Automation. The generator was supplied by

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. The power station went in service on 30 June 2009, being built adjacent to the two old boilers it replaced. An interesting feature is that it has no chimney, as the new tall cooling tower takes this function.

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