Wierzchowice Ugs power station is a 40 MW gas power plant in Dolnoslaskie, Poland. It is operated by ORLEN SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 45k homes (estimated). It ranks #145 of 246 Poland power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2012, it is around 14 years old — relatively modern. Its annual emissions of 22,020 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 5.1k cars driven for a year. 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_wierzchowiceugs_poland.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000400580; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 40 MW, Wierzchowice Ugs power station is below the median gas plant in Poland (141 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). 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.
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by ORLEN SA [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
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.
The #30 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.
Coordinates 51.473895, 17.305197 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Wierzchowice Ugs power station is a 40 MW gas power plant in Dolnoslaskie, Poland, commissioned in 2012.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 45,051 homes (estimated).
Wierzchowice Ugs power station is operated by ORLEN SA [100%].
Wierzchowice Ugs power station has measured emissions of about 22,020 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).
