Power plant · Poland
Turów Power Plant
Turów Power Plant is a coal power plant in Poland, with 1,488 MW of capacity, owned 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 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Lower Silesian Voivodeship | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · 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 | 1962 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A. | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,488 MW (sum of operating units, Turów B01 235 MW; Turów B02 235 MW; Turów B03 235 MW; Turów B04 261 MW; Turów B05 261 MW; Turów B06 261 MW) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,984 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 6 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Lignite (registered as Fossil Brown coal/Lignite) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Lignite | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 19W000000000199I | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9490, 14.9130 | 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.
Request researchAlso recorded as
3 sources record Turów; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turów | asset:eic:19W000000000199I | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Turów power station | asset:wikidata:Q1418949 | Wikidata | Same name and coordinates |
| Turów | asset:opsd:19W000000000199I | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) | Same ENTSO-E EIC code |
How it compares
Turów is the 9th-largest of 86 power plants in Poland by capacity; its 1,488 MW is 3.7% 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 | 9th of 86 | 40,667 MW | 3.7% |
| All power plants in our data | 221st of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 22 substations, 1 CO2 emitter (7,802,842 tCO2e) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGE GiEK S.A. Oddział Elektrownia Turów | CO2 emitter | 7,802,842 tCO2e | — | 0.7 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/140386220) | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/158098882) | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Umspannwerk Dittersbach | Substation | — | — | 9.1 km |
| NTT Data Business Solutions Global Managed Services | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna
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- Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station716 MW
- Pumped-storage hydroelectricity Żar500 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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- 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 Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
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- 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.
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