Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone nuclear power plant — Poland
Nuclear power plant in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland. Approximate location 50.5243466, 21.6254433.
NuclearPodkarpackie VoivodeshipPolandBWRX-300small modular reactorAnnounced
Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone nuclear power plant is a 1,200 MW nuclear power station in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland. It ranks #22 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_tarnobrzegspecialeco_polan.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 1,200 MW, Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone nuclear power plant is around the median nuclear plant in Poland (1,200 MW). Technically it is described as small modular 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 #8 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.
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Location
Coordinates 50.5243466, 21.6254433 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
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Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone nuclear power plant is a 1,200 MW nuclear power plant in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland.