EC Białystok is a 198 MW coal power station in Podlasie, Poland. It is operated by ENEA Wytwarzanie S.A.. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 248k homes (estimated). It ranks #71 of 246 Poland power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1991, it is around 35 years old — long-established. Its annual emissions of 219,879 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 51k cars driven for a year. In context, coal supplies about 50.4% 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 WRI1019071.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 110 MW for Bialystok power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 198 MW, EC Białystok is well above the median coal plant in Poland (166 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
219,879 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).
Key facts
- Share of Poland coal capacity
- 0.4% of 47,959 MW across 93 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 37 of 58 dated coal plants in Poland are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Poland
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by ENEA Wytwarzanie S.A..
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 53.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 66% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.
Climate heat-demand index: 85/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #42 largest coal power plant of 93 in Poland by capacity.
Poland has 93 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 47,959 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- FF Zagroby-Zakrzewo · Solar · 1 MW · Podlasie
- FW Rajgród · Wind · 25 MW · Podlasie
- Grodno CHP-2 Power Plant Belarus · Gas · 180 MW · Grodnenskaya
- FF Kolno · Solar · 2 MW · Podlasie
- Ostrołęka B · Coal · 681 MW · Masovian Voivodeship
- Ostrołęka A · Coal · 75 MW · Masovian Voivodeship
Location
Coordinates 53.1486, 23.1689 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is EC Białystok?
EC Białystok is a 198 MW coal power plant in Podlasie, Poland, commissioned in 1991.
Who operates EC Białystok?
EC Białystok is operated by ENEA Wytwarzanie S.A..
How much CO₂ does EC Białystok emit?
EC Białystok has measured emissions of about 219,879 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).