EC Opolszczyzna - ECO — Poland

EC Opolszczyzna - ECO is a 10 MW coal power plant in Opole Voivodeship, Poland. It is operated by Energetyka Cieplna Opolszczyzny. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 13k homes (estimated). It ranks #204 of 246 Poland power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 146,796 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 34k 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 WRI1061530.

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 10 MW, EC Opolszczyzna - ECO is below 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.

146,796 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

less than 0.1% of 47,959 MW across 93 plants in this dataset

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 Energetyka Cieplna Opolszczyzny.

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 50.7°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 38% 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: 73/100 — 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 #86 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

• Opole · Coal · 1,492 MW · Opole Voivodeship
• Dobrzeń · Hydro · 2 MW · Opole Voivodeship
• Krapkowice · Hydro · 2 MW · Opole Voivodeship
• Krępna · Hydro · 2 MW · Opole Voivodeship
• Januszkowice · Hydro · 2 MW · Opole Voivodeship
• Kedzierzyn CCS Project · Coal · 910 MW · Opole Voivodeship

Location

Coordinates 50.6872, 17.9201 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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