Coal is becoming more and more unprofitable
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The most important reason why we should start a green transition is issues related to climate change. Each tonne of greenhouse gas emitted consequently increases the temperature - even if these are minimal values, they accumulate over time. Economic and technical reasons are also important reasons. The technical reasons concern the Polish obsolete power system - a lot of fossil fuel-based coal units are now 40-50 years old. This means that a large part of these blocks will have to be shut down in the next decade.
Calculations of the Instrat Foundation indicate that further consumption of fossil fuels will mean an increase in household electricity bills by approximately PLN 800 in the next 10 years.
“In addition, you have to take into account the policy and the international environment," Marcin Kowalczyk, head of the WWF Climate Team told the eNewsroom website.
In his opinion, it is also necessary to ensure the storage of the generated energy. The function of such storage facilities can be fulfilled by pumped storage plants.
“The WWF Foundation creates a study showing that the area of the opencast mine in Turów can be used to build a large pumped storage power plant with a capacity of approx. 700 MW, which would be able to supply energy continuously for 12 hours,” Kowalczyk analyzed.
