Jaworzno power station — Poland

Jaworzno power station is a 600 MW gas power station in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It ranks #37 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_jaworzno_poland.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 600 MW, Jaworzno power station is well above the median gas plant in Poland (141 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — 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 #3 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

• Jaworzno III · Coal · 1,345 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
• Jaworzno II · Coal · 189 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
• EC Będzin · Coal · 82 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
• EC Katowice · Coal · 135 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
• Murcki-Staszic power station · Coal · 40 MW · Silesian Voivodeship
• Katowice nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 200 MW · Silesian Voivodeship

Location

Coordinates 50.20610566, 19.20334577 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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