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EC Siedlce

Gas power plant in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. Approximate location 52.1572, 22.3061.

GasMasovian VoivodeshipPolandCCGT · HRSGCO₂ measured

EC Siedlce is a 51 MW gas power plant in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It is operated by PEC Siedlce. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 57k homes (estimated). It ranks #125 of 246 Poland power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2002, it is around 24 years old — relatively modern. Its annual emissions of 138,743 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 32k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 14.3% of Poland's electricity; the national grid averages 589 gCO₂/kWh (31.5% low-carbon) (2025).

51Legacy source-record capacity
1HRSG unit(s)
57,440homes powered (est.)
138,743t CO₂ / yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023))
2002commissioned (~24 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061499.

Data status

Known data

FacilityEC Siedlce WRI
CountryPoland · Masovian Voivodeship WRI
Coordinates52.1572, 22.3061 WRI
FuelGas WRI
MW installed capacity51 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerPEC Siedlce WRI
Commissioned2002 WRI
TechnologyCCGT · HRSG WRI
CO₂ emissions138,743 t CO₂/yr measured · EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#125 of 246 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#27 of 37 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.36× · 141 MW median · 37 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent57,440 calculated
Climate7.5°C · HDD 3,825 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC2 · 25/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

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 36 MW for Siedlce power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Capacity claim grade: C_REVIEW_MANUAL - recommended action: manual_review_only - confidence: unknown. This follows a claim-based data model: value + scope + source + confidence, rather than silently overwriting records.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 51 MW, EC Siedlce is below the median gas plant in Poland (141 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.

138,743 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

32kpassenger cars driven for a year
18khomes' yearly energy use
2.3 milliontree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Poland

Grudziądz power station: 1,120 MW1kGrudziądz …Adamow power station: 600 MW600Adamow pow…Jaworzno power station: 600 MW600Jaworzno p…Ostrów Wielkopolski power station: 600 MW600Ostrów Wie…Gdańsk CCGT power station: 561 MW561Gdańsk CCG…Zeran power station: 490 MW490Zeran powe…EC Włocławek: 465 MW465EC Włocław…Lagisza power station: 413 MW413Lagisza po…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by PEC Siedlce.

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 52.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.5°Cannual mean temp
3,825heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
161 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -3 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 8 °CON: 2 °CND: -1 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 56% 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: 82/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
25/100environmental-severity index
20.8°Cseasonal temperature swing
306 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 #27 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

Location

Coordinates 52.1572, 22.3061 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is EC Siedlce?

EC Siedlce is a 51 MW source-record gas power plant in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, commissioned in 2002.

How many homes can EC Siedlce power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 57,440 homes (estimated).

Who operates EC Siedlce?

EC Siedlce is operated by PEC Siedlce.

How much CO₂ does EC Siedlce emit?

EC Siedlce has measured emissions of about 138,743 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).

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