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Konin

Coal power plant in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Approximate location 52.2837, 18.2695.

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Konin is a 233 MW coal power station in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is operated by Zespół Elektrowni 'Pątnów - Adamów - Konin' SA. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 291,582 homes (estimated). It ranks #31 of 197 Poland power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 50.4% of Poland's electricity; the national grid averages 589 gCO₂/kWh (31.5% low-carbon) (2025).

233MW installed capacity
291,582homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1019078.

~1,020,540 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

237,888passenger cars driven for a year
133,091homes' yearly energy use
17,009,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 50% load factor × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Poland

Bełchatów: 5,472 MW5kBełchatówKozienice: 2,673 MW3kKozieniceRybnik: 1,775 MW2kRybnikPołaniec: 1,623 MW2kPołaniecTurów: 1,498 MW1kTurówOpole: 1,492 MW1kOpoleDolna Odra: 1,362 MW1kDolna OdraJaworzno III: 1,345 MW1kJaworzno I…

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

Owner

Operated by Zespół Elektrowni 'Pątnów - Adamów - Konin' SA. All plants by this company →

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 52.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.7°Cannual mean temp
3,420heating degree-days (base 18°C)
43cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
88 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: -1 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 9 °CON: 4 °CND: 0 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 39% 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: 74/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #25 largest coal power plant of 75 in Poland by capacity.

Poland has 75 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 31,540 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 52.2837, 18.2695 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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