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Kraków Łęg Power Plant
Kraków Łęg Power Plant is a coal power plant in Poland, with 446 MW of capacity.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Poland | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1977 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 446 MW (sum of operating units, Kraków Łęg B1 117 MW; Kraków Łęg B2 119 MW; Kraków Łęg B3 110 MW; Kraków Łęg B4 100 MW) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 4 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal (registered as Fossil Hard coal) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 19W0000000000806 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.0500, 20.0000 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Kraków Łęg is the 22nd-largest of 86 power plants in Poland by capacity; its 446 MW is 1.1% of the 40,667 MW we hold for Poland. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 22nd of 86 | 40,667 MW | 1.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,323rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 CO2 emitters (2,410,099 tCO2e) and 2 AI supercomputers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGE Energia Ciepła S.A. Oddział nr 1 w Krakowie | CO2 emitter | 1,527,878 tCO2e | — | 0.7 km |
| AGH Cyfronet Helios | AI supercomputer | 464 H100e | Operating | 6.8 km |
| AGH Cyfronet Athena | AI supercomputer | 121 H100e | Operating | 8.7 km |
| Resinvest Energy Skawina S.A. | CO2 emitter | 694,252 tCO2e | — | 16 km |
| Zakłady Górniczo-Hutnicze Bolesław S.A. | CO2 emitter | 187,969 tCO2e | — | 45 km |
Place
Other power plants in Poland
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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