Power plant · Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Będzin Power Station
Będzin Power Station is a power plant in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 81.5 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 | Silesian Voivodeship | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1993 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 81.5 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Thermal | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.3083, 19.1417 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · 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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Będzin Power Station is the 9th-largest of 10 power plants in Silesian Voivodeship and the 75th-largest of 85 in Poland by capacity; its 81.5 MW is 0.2% of the 40,067 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silesian Voivodeship | 9th of 10 | 6,306 MW | 1.3% |
| Poland | 75th of 85 | 40,067 MW | 0.2% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,445th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 17 CO2 emitters (13,950,794 tCO2e) and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Zagłębie Dąbrowskie sp. z o.o. | CO2 emitter | 491,467 tCO2e | — | 0.7 km |
| Tauron Wytwarzanie SA O. Elek. Łagisza w Będzinie | CO2 emitter | 1,178,153 tCO2e | — | 4.6 km |
| Elektrociepłownia Katowice | CO2 emitter | 514,349 tCO2e | — | 6.7 km |
| Polvolt | Processing plant | — | — | 27 km |
Place
Other power plants in Silesian Voivodeship
- Rybnik Power Station1,720 MW
- Jaworzno Power Station1,545 MW
- Łaziska Power Station1,155 MW
- Łagisza Power Station1,060 MW
- Chorzów Power Station226 MW
- Halemba Power Station200 MW
- Katowice Power Station136 MW
- Bielsko-Biała Power Plant132 MW
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.
- © European Union, European Commission (DG GROW). EU CRMA strategic projects, 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.