64% progress of the key investment of the Polish energy sector

In two years, the most modern power unit in Poland will commence the operation in Kozienice Power Plant belonging to Enea Group. The most advanced energy investment in Poland entered the decisive stage, most of the buildings are already finished, elements of the equipment and devices are being mounted.

The new 1,075 MW unit grows in eyes, literally. The evaporating tower, being the highest object in the vicinity and largest in Europe, reached the planned height of over 185 metres. Currently, the installation of the new unit's generator is in progress. Subsequent tasks which require a professionalism and precision of over 1,200 specialists who work on the construction every day are pending the execution. The investment is on the schedule and its size and impressive scale of the undertaking is visible better with each day.

- During two years, since the proper construction works are in progress, the area of the new unit changed beyond recognition – admits president of Enea Wytwarzanie, Krzysztof Sadowski. And he reminds that first the Vistula area needed reinforcement, so engineers put over 1,600 reinforced concrete posts. Then, the proper construction works commenced. - On the area hardened with the posts, during almost two years, the key objects of the new unit in Kozienice Power Plant were developed, including the evaporating tower, boiler with communication pylons, flue gas desulphurisation plant, boiler house, engine room, electrical devices building, and ash storage reservoirs – dodaje Sadowski.

On the turn of 2013 and 2014, the 107 metre high communication pylons looked down over the construction. During the construction they serve mainly for the communication and swift progress of the installation in the boiler house and engine room buildings. Later, during the exploitation, they will constitute a communication route for maintenance and repair services. In June 2015, the structure of the engine room was ready, the installation of the steel structure of the unit's boiler house ended at the beginning of August. Currently, interior works are in progress, e.g. the assembly of technological systems, and external works over the casing of the engine room and boiler house with metal panels. Already in February 2016, a hydraulic test of the technological installation of the boiler will be performed.

In May the works were finished on the highest structure of Unit No. 11 - evaporating tower. Along with the renovation gallery on the top, the tower is almost 186 m high and - with a good visibility, Warsaw may be seen from its top. The installation of ducts inside has already finished, the evaporating tower is being painted with a special coating protecting the surface.

In June 2015, the new unit's generator's stator came to the Gdynia port from the factory in Japan. It was produced for over a year and the travel from Japan to Poland took two months. The massive structure weights 490 tonnes and is 14.5 meter long and the diameter is over 4 meters. It is the largest generator in the power plant in Poland and one of the largest in Europe. It was transported by rail to the construction site in Świerże Górne and was suspended between the special cars. The generator is one of the most important elements of the new unit. Its task will be generation of electricity. In mid June the stator was installed in the engine room. The operation of its demounting from the cars, raising it to the height of 17 metres over ground and locating in the destination place of the engine room took several days and required a close logistic cooperation.

 Please see the film documenting the transport and installation of the generator