Pątnów nuclear power plant — Poland

Pątnów nuclear power plant is a 2,800 MW nuclear power station in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. It ranks #4 of 246 Poland power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 0.0% 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 GEM_nuc_patnow_polan.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (announced); fuel: GEM GNPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,800 MW, Pątnów nuclear power plant is well above the median nuclear plant in Poland (1,200 MW). Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest nuclear power plant of 10 in Poland by capacity.

Poland has 10 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 15,072 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

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• Bełchatów · Coal · 5,030 MW · Lodz Voivodeship
• FF Ostrzeszów · Solar · 2 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• EC Zduńska Wola · Coal · 12 MW · Lodz Voivodeship
• PW Kamieńsk · Wind · 31 MW · Lodz Voivodeship

Location

Coordinates 51.1465, 18.6072 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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