EC Nowa is a 150 MW coal power station in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It is operated by ArcelorMittal. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 188k homes (estimated). It ranks #84 of 246 Poland power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2001, it is around 25 years old — relatively modern. 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 WRI1019079.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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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 105 MW for ZW Nowa 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
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103271; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 150 MW, EC Nowa is around the median coal plant in Poland (166 MW). 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.
Key facts
- Share of Poland coal capacity
- 0.3% of 47,959 MW across 93 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 40 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 ArcelorMittal.
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 50.3°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 47% 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: 78/100 — 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 #48 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
- ZW Nowa power station · Coal · 180 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
- Dąbrowa Górnicza Coking Plant power station · Gas · 113 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
- Dąbrowa Górnicza nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 1,200 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
- Lagisza power station · Gas · 413 MW · Śląskie
- Łagisza · Coal · 700 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
- EC Będzin · Coal · 82 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
Location
Coordinates 50.3478, 19.2771 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is EC Nowa?
EC Nowa is a 150 MW coal power plant in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, commissioned in 2001.
Who operates EC Nowa?
EC Nowa is operated by ArcelorMittal.