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Power plants in Poland

A directory of 246 power plants in Poland with a combined installed capacity of 76,707 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

246power plants
76,707MW total capacity
9fuel types
89with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Poland)

Coal: 93 plants93CoalWind: 59 plants59WindGas: 37 plants37GasHydro: 32 plants32HydroNuclear: 10 plants10NuclearSolar: 9 plants9SolarBiomass: 3 plants3BiomassOil: 2 plants2Oil

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Poland electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

589gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
31.5%low-carbon electricity
31.5%renewables
68.5%fossil fuels
Coal: 50 % of electricity50CoalGas: 14 % of electricity14GasWind: 14 % of electricity14WindSolar: 11 % of electricity11SolarBioenergy: 5 % of electricity5BioenergyOil: 4 % of electricity4OilHydro: 1 % of electricity1HydroOther Renewables: 0 % of electricity0Other Rene…

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

The state of Poland’s power emissions

Across the 89 Poland power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 102 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Bełchatów (coal), accounts for about 26% of that 89-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA, TAURON Wytwarzanie S.A., Enea Połaniec S.A. — control roughly 71% of that 89-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

Bełchatów: 26.2 Mt CO2/yr26.2BełchatówOpole: 8.9 Mt CO2/yr8.9OpoleTurów: 8.4 Mt CO2/yr8.4TurówPołaniec: 5.4 Mt CO2/yr5.4PołaniecJaworzno III: 4.6 Mt CO2/yr4.6Jaworzno I…Dolna Odra: 3.3 Mt CO2/yr3.3Dolna OdraDąbrowa Górnicza Coking Plant power station: 3.1 Mt CO2/yr3.1Dąbrowa Gó…EC Siekierki: 2.9 Mt CO2/yr2.9EC Siekier…Rybnik: 2.8 Mt CO2/yr2.8RybnikGdańsk CCGT power station: 2.2 Mt CO2/yr2.2Gdańsk CCG…

Emissions by owner (Mt CO₂/yr)

Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA: 56.6 Mt CO2/yr56.6Polska Gru…TAURON Wytwarzanie S.A.: 10.5 Mt CO2/yr10.5TAURON Wyt…Enea Połaniec S.A.: 5.4 Mt CO2/yr5.4Enea Połan…JSW KOKS SA: 3.1 Mt CO2/yr3.1JSW KOKS SAPGNiG TERMIKA: 3.1 Mt CO2/yr3.1PGNiG TERM…CEZ Polska: 2.2 Mt CO2/yr2.2CEZ Polska

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Largest plants in Poland

#PlantFuelMW
1BełchatówCoal5,030
2KozieniceCoal3,994
3Lubiatowo-Kopalino nuclear power plantNuclear3,750
4Pątnów nuclear power plantNuclear2,800
5KozieniceCoal2,673
6TurówCoal1,948
7Zarnowiec Original nuclear power plantNuclear1,860
8Dolna OdraCoal1,830
9RybnikCoal1,720
10Opalenie power stationCoal1,660
11PołaniecCoal1,657
12Pulawy power station (Vattenfall)Coal1,620
13Lublin Power StationCoal1,600
14Pólnoc power stationCoal1,600
15OpoleCoal1,492
16Jaworzno IIICoal1,345
17Pątnów ICoal1,244
18Dąbrowa Górnicza nuclear power plantNuclear1,200
19Elektrownia Jądrowa Pątnów nuclear power plantNuclear1,200
20Nowa Huta nuclear power plantNuclear1,200

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Browse by fuel

Coal (93)Wind (59)Gas (37)Hydro (32)Nuclear (10)

Power plants in Poland by region

Silesian Voivodeship (38)Pomeranian Voivodeship (26)West Pomeranian Voivodeship (23)Kujawsko-Pomorskie (16)Greater Poland Voivodeship (15)Lesser Poland Voivodeship (14)Masovian Voivodeship (14)Lubusz (12)Lodz Voivodeship (11)Opole Voivodeship (11)Lublin Voivodeship (11)Subcarpathian Voivodeship (11)

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Poland. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/poland/

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Poland?

There are 246 power plants in Poland in this open dataset, with about 76,707 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Poland?

Bełchatów is the largest at about 5,030 MW (coal).

What fuels generate electricity in Poland?

The most common plant type in this dataset is coal (93 plants), across 9 fuel types in total.

How clean is Poland's electricity grid?

Poland's grid carbon intensity is about 589 gCO₂/kWh, with 31.5% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).