Power plant · Poland
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity Żar
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity Żar is a pumped storage power plant in Poland, with 500 MW of capacity, operated by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna.
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 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1971 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 500 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Pumped hydro storage | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 49.7872, 19.2300 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity Żar is the 19th-largest of 86 power plants in Poland by capacity; its 500 MW is 1.2% 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 | 19th of 86 | 40,667 MW | 1.2% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,193rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 11 CO2 emitters (12,619,644 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elektrociepłownie Bielskie EC1 i EC2 Elektrociepłownia EC1 w Bielsku-Białej | CO2 emitter | 186,318 tCO2e | — | 13 km |
| Instalacja Spalania Paliw | CO2 emitter | 465,806 tCO2e | — | 28 km |
| Energetika Třinec - Teplárny a Tepelná zařízení | CO2 emitter | 1,336,755 tCO2e | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
More from PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna
- Bełchatów Power Station5,102 MW
- Turów power station1,984 MW
- Rybnik Power Station1,720 MW
- Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station716 MW
- Łęg Cogeneration and power plant480 MW
- Gdańsk Power Station227 MW
- Solina Dam200 MW
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Data on this page
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- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
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- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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- 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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