Pątnów II — Poland

Pątnów II is a 474 MW coal power station in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. It is operated by Zespół Elektrowni 'Pątnów - Adamów - Konin' SA. Based on reported annual generation of 2,445 GWh, it can supply roughly 698k homes. It ranks #46 of 246 Poland power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 years old — relatively modern. 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 WRI1019050.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103220; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 474 MW, Pątnów II is well above 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.

Key facts

Load factor

59%, from 2,445 GWh of reported generation; the median for 24 coal plants in Poland that report generation is 45%

Generation trend

2,206 GWh in 2015 and 2,445 GWh in 2017 (+11%)

Highest and lowest year

2017: 2,445 GWh; 2016: 1,958 GWh

Share of Poland coal capacity

1.0% of 47,959 MW across 93 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

44 of 58 dated coal plants in Poland are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Reported generation trend

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Zespół Elektrowni 'Pątnów - Adamów - Konin' SA.

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.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 37% 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 #29 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

• Pątnów I · Coal · 1,244 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• Elektrownia Jądrowa Pątnów nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 1,200 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• Konin · Coal · 233 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• FW Jóźwin · Wind · 24 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• Turek power station · Gas · 163 MW · Greater Poland Voivodeship
• Adamow power station · Gas · 600 MW · Wielkopolskie

Location

Coordinates 52.3014, 18.2369 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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