Tychy Water Park with big surplus of energy

Opened less than two years ago, the Tychy Water Park, powered by energy from biogas generated at a local sewage treatment plant, produced 6,500-megawatt hours of energy last year, of which more than half was used for own needs. The surplus went to the power grid.

The owner of the aquapark is the Regional Center for Water and Sewage Management (RCGW) in Tychy, which also includes a sewage treatment plant.

"Thanks to the synergy with the sewage treatment plant and biogas production in Tychy, the Water Park Tychy in 2019 was completely self-sufficient in energy," Zbigniew Gieleciak, RCGW president, announced.

The Tychy Water Park was opened on April 30, 2018; from the beginning, it is powered by electricity and heat from its own sources. Its construction lasted three years and, as it was reported at the time, it consumed - along with the equipment of the facility - approx. PLN 112 million, of which PLN 50 million came from the 10-year bonds issued by the company and the remainder - mostly from the investor's own funds.

(PAP)