PGE launches construction of new power plant unit

With the laying of the foundation stone on Wednesday, Poland’s largest energy group PGE marked the official launch of the construction of a new unit in the Turów power plant, the company said in a statement. The new unit will have net capacity of 450 MW. It will include a pulverised coal-fired boiler and will have CCS Ready status, the statement said. The PLN 4 billion unit will replace end-of-life units with a total capacity of 600 MW. After the completion of the work scheduled for Q2 2020, the Turów power plant will have a capacity of 2,000 MW.