Dolna Odra Power Station Explained

Dolna Odra Power Station
Name Official:Elektrownia Dolna Odra
Coordinates:53.2078°N 14.4672°W
Country:Poland
Location:Nowe Czarnowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Status:Operational
Commissioned:1974
Owner:PGE
Operator:PGE Zespol Elektrowni Dolna Odra SA
Th Fuel Primary:Coal
Ps Units Operational:2 x 220 MW
6 x 232 MW
Ps Units Manu Model:Rafako
Zamech
LMZ
Dolmel
Electrosila
Ps Electrical Capacity:1,772

Dolna Odra Power Station is a coal-fired power station at Nowe Czarnowo near Gryfino in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. 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 ABB. Starting from October 2002, the flue gas from the units 5–8 is cleaned at the flue-gas desulfurization plant, built by Lurgi Lentjes.[1] PGE also plans to build two new natural gas-fired units with capacity of 432 MW each.

Dolna Odra Power Station has three flue gas stacks: 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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: AE&E Lentjes GmbH . FGD Limestone Plant. Dolna Odra, Poland . 2010-11-28.
  2. . Information on accident in the Dolna Odra Power Plant . 2010-01-25 . 2010-11-28.