Konin Power Plant

Konin Power Plant

The Konin Power Plant, which was built in the 1950s, is the oldest brown-coal-fired power plant in Poland and in the ZE PAK SA Capital Group. The operation of the power plant in the open cooling water circuit is based on a system of five lakes connected by canals. It is the heat supplier for the town of Konin and surrounding areas. The installed power in the Power Plant is currently 193 MW and 50 MW of biomass.

and the thermal capacity: 212 MWt. After commissioning in July 2012 of a power unit adapted for the combustion of biomass, the Konin Power Plant has operated on the basis of two systems: the manifold one, in which 3 boilers and 3 turbo sets operate, and the unit one with a boiler for the combustion of biomass and a 55 MW turbo set. The Power Plant is equipped with a wet flue gas desulphurisation system.

Investment in renewable energy sources – fluidized bed boiler operating based on the BFB technology.

Implementing the assumptions of the energy transition program in the field of CO2 reduction, Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin S.A. concluded a contract with Valmet Technologies Oy for the design and reconstruction of the K-7 boiler into a fluidized bed boiler operating based on the BFB technology. The reconstruction of the K-7 boiler is the main element of the entire transition project implemented by the Company. It involves adapting the system, which has previously been used in electricity generation from lignite, into a biomass combustion installation.

After the modernization of the K-7 boiler, a power generation capacity of approx. 100 MWe (2x50 MWe) – using biomass as the basic fuel – will be available at the Konin power plant.

The value of the signed contract is PLN 89.8 million. The carried-out project was submitted by ZE PAK SA to the capacity market auction and obtained a 17-year contract, starting from 2024.

The investment will enable Konin to be the first city heated with energy originating exclusively from renewable sources.