The Turów coal mine ( Polish : Kopalnia Węgla Brunatnego Turów S.A. ) or KWB Turów , is a large open pit mine in the southwest of Poland , located outside Bogatynia , Lower Silesia . It feeds the nearby Turów Power Station . In March 2024 a Warsaw court found the EIA for mining from 2026 to be invalid, but the owner is appealing. Unlike the other coal-dependant parts of Poland, a just transition for coal phase-out has not yet been planned as of 2024.
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42-745: A significant impact on surrounding areas and their ground and surface waters. An analysis of hydrologist Sylwester Kraśnicki predicts devastating effects on local rivers, including droughts, water shortage , and continued degradation of chemical compositions of the Lusatian Neisse river, among others. Water shortage already causes the surrounding nature to die, while some villages lost access to running water and have to rely on firefighters to deliver water tanks. 50°54′45″N 14°54′11″E / 50.91250°N 14.90306°E / 50.91250; 14.90306 Polska Grupa Energetyczna PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. ( PGE SA or PGE Group ,
63-591: Is around 27.7 million tonnes. Lignite was found near Turasów in 1740. Between 1836 and 1869, almost 70 shafts were excavated. The owners of these mines organized the joint stock company Hercules in 1904, and three years later began strip mining. In 1925 the cap rock was dumped north of the mine. After the Second World War , in 1947, a Polish organization took the mine over from the Soviet military administration and KWB Turów came into existence. Nearby Turów Power Station
84-650: Is fuelled by lignite extracted from the Turów coal mine. The first unit of the power station was commissioned in 1962. The power station is the fifth largest source of greenhouse emissions in Poland and was the eighth least efficient power station in the EU in 2007. A new 496 MW unit was brought online in May 2021. In 2022 the plant was the 9th biggest carbon emitter in the European Union, with over 11 million tCO2e . The mine's license
105-565: The Bełchatów Power Station , the fifth-largest coal-fired power station in the world. Power stations are fuelled mainly by hard coal and lignite . The company consists of eight distribution system operator companies, eight electricity retail sales companies, an electricity wholesale company and enterprises operating in other industries (including the telecommunications). PGE holds a 38% market share in generation of electricity and an estimated 30% market share in supply in electricity for
126-516: The Czech Republic sued Poland over the mine at the European Court of Justice , the first time that an EU member state had sued another one over an environmental issue. In May 2021, Poland defied an injunction by the court that ordered the immediate closure of the mine, claiming it would have an adverse impact on the country's energy system and lead to the loss of thousands of jobs. The claim
147-803: The European Commission a daily penalty payment of half a million euros, but the Polish continued to defy the ruling. After Poland settled the case with the Czech Republic in 2022, the Court in 2024 confirmed a fine of 68 million euros for the delay in compliance. In 2023 the Polish government once again renewed the plant's permit until 2044. The decision is subject to legal proceedings, with one case at Voivodship Administrative Court in Warsaw suspended in 2023 until other proceedings are resolved. The Turów coal mine has
168-536: The Group in 2050. The key directions of the PGE Group's development will be offshore and onshore wind energy, photovoltaics, grid infrastructure, low-emission heating and energy services. The area of divestment and limitation of activity will include coal energy and hard coal trade. The company was founded as Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. (translates as Polish Electrical Power Lines Share Company ) in 1990. In 2007
189-410: The Polish name of Turaŭ , Belarus People [ edit ] Scott Turow (born 1949), American author and lawyer See also [ edit ] Turov (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Turów . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
210-627: The Transmission System Operator division ( PSE-Operator ) was separated from the PSE S.A. group. On 9 May 2007 Polska Grupa Energetyczna was established by the merger of PSE, PGE Energia SA and BOT Górnictwo i Energetyka S.A. On 6 November 2009 PGE participated in its IPO in Warsaw Stock Exchange . On 19 March 2010 PGE was included in WIG20 index. In 2022 and 2023 it was reported that PGE
231-470: The Turów mine forms part of an area widely known as the " Black Triangle " due to its past heavy industrial pollution, covering portions of eastern Germany, southwestern Poland and northern Czech Republic. The Turów mine, operated by Polska Grupa Energetyczna , represents one of the largest lignite reserves in Poland , with an estimated reserve of 760 million tonnes of coal . The annual coal production of Turów
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#1732883595376252-537: The company announced plans to build Europe's largest energy storage facility in Żarnowiec , Poland. It will have a capacity of up to 263 MW and a minimum of 900 MWh. The project aims to support the balancing of PGE's land and offshore wind farms on the Baltic Sea and to improve the stability of the National Power System. The PGE Group operates two large lignite mines and more than 40 power stations, including
273-424: The generation and distribution of electricity, the group also trades electricity and other relevant products on the market. The total company revenue for 2015 was 28.542 billion złoty and the company made a net income loss of 3.032 billion złoty. In October 2020, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna published a new strategy by 2030 with a perspective by 2050 and a transformation plan aimed at achieving climate neutrality of
294-570: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turów&oldid=1152753419 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tur%C3%B3w Coal Mine Situated 55 km west of Jelenia Góra , 80 km east of Dresden , Germany , and 20 km northwest of Liberec , Czech Republic ,
315-526: The mine is facing opposition from the Czech government, as nearby Czech and German communities say that the environmental impact from the mine is severely affecting their quality of life, and threatening survival of several villages close to the border by causing their wells to dry up. According to a geological study, continued mining also risks causing soil subsidence in the German town of Zittau . In February 2021,
336-562: The name can be translated as Polish Energy Group ) is a state-owned public power company and the largest power producing company in Poland . PGE is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the WIG30 index. The group is largely controlled by the Polish State Treasury who as of 9 July 2014 owns 58.39% of the public limited company. In addition to the activities of its core businesses of central and holdings companies in
357-563: The year 2015. Projects of this company are, among possible other sources, funded by mBank (2020) On 15 January 2009, the company announced a plan to build two nuclear power stations in Poland. It also participated in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project in Lithuania. In 2010, PGE established a special purpose entity called PGE EJ 1 to build and operate Poland's first commercially operational nuclear power plant, which
378-573: Was buying PKP Energetyka from CVC Capital Partners , CVC signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of PKP Energetyka in January 2023. On April 3, 2023 PGE Polish Energy Group acquired from the CVC Fund 100% of shares in PKPE Holding sp. z o.o. thus closing the purchase transaction of PKP Energetyka S.A. April 4, 2023 change of the company's name from PKP Energetyka to PGE Energetyka Kolejowa. In 2024,
399-464: Was refuted by studies of the renewable energy alternatives for the region, which were estimated to produce between 800 and 4,100 jobs more than the coal mine and plant while saving over € 13 billion in electricity production costs over 25 years. Because Poland had not ceased lignite extraction activities at the Turów mine, on 20 September 2021, the Vice-President of the Court ordered Poland to pay
420-529: Was set to expire in April 2020, but in March 2020, the Polish government extended it by another six years. The Polish government agreed to PGE Group's wish to continue mining at the site until 2044, when its coal deposits are expected to be fully depleted. Later, the Polish government announced that the mine would be shut down by 2044, claiming this to be in line with the EU's plans to cut emissions. PGE Group's move to expand
441-488: Was taken over by the State Treasury in 2021 and renamed as Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe . As of 2018 the Polish government was still considering whether to continue pursuing nuclear power in Poland, including resume construction of the Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant , whose construction has been stalled since 1990, but in May 2018 PGE decided to invest in offshore wind power instead. Polska Grupa Energetyczna has held
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