Adamow power station — Poland

Adamow power station is a 600 MW gas power station in Wielkopolskie, Poland. It ranks #36 of 246 Poland power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 14.3% of Poland's electricity; the national grid averages 589 gCO₂/kWh (31.5% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_adamow_poland.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 600 MW, Adamow power station is well above the median gas plant in Poland (141 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Siemens Energy: SGT5-4000F. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest gas power plant of 37 in Poland by capacity.

Poland has 37 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 8,201 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Turek power station · Gas · 163 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• Konin · Coal · 233 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• Elektrownia Jądrowa Pątnów nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 1,200 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• Pątnów II · Coal · 474 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• Pątnów I · Coal · 1,244 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• Kalisz power station · Gas · 20 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship

Location

Coordinates 52.012307, 18.546212 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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