IGCC Unit at the Bogdanka Mine (coal gasification, Enea/Mitsubishi)
A planned power plant based on integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) coal gasification technology with a capacity on the order of 300–500 MW, which the Enea Group intended to build at the Bogdanka mine near Łęczna in cooperation with the Japanese group Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems. Former Minister of Energy Krzysztof Tchórzewski presented it as a pilot unit that was to be the largest installation of its kind in the world. In 2020 the companies obtained UOKiK approval to establish a joint venture, but that same year work on developing the project was frozen by the Polish side due to doubts about its profitability under the realities of EU climate policy. In 2023 Enea confirmed that its strategy does not envisage the use of IGCC technology and that the project would not enter the implementation phase.
The IGCC unit project at the Bogdanka mine never entered the implementation phase. Despite obtaining UOKiK approval in 2020 for a joint venture between Enea and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, work was frozen by the Polish side in November 2020 due to doubts about profitability under EU climate policy conditions. In 2023 Enea confirmed that its strategy does not envisage IGCC technology and that it does not plan to carry out this project.
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- 2018stage: announced
Significance
The project was a flagship concept for so-called clean coal in Poland's energy sector. It was to use domestic Bogdanka deposits to produce energy using coal gasification technology, instead of a conventional coal-fired unit. Its abandonment became a symbol of the Enea Group's departure from coal investments in favor of energy transition and the development of renewable energy sources; the role of Bogdanka in the potential project was, in any case, limited solely to fuel supply.
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- Rzeczpospolita (energia.rp.pl)20 Apr 2023StatusFailure descriptionDelivery
Status · DeliveryNasza strategia nie zakłada wykorzystania technologii IGCC, dlatego nie planujemy realizacji tego projektu
Location · Failure descriptionProjekt związany z technologią IGCC w okolicach Łęcznej był analizowany przez Grupę Enea, nie wszedł jednak w fazę realizacji
- Parkiet19 Apr 2023
- WNP.pl20 Nov 2020Investor
InvestorPrzesłankę stanowiły m.in. działania inwestorów - grup Enea oraz Mitsubishi - zmierzające do utworzenia spółki odpowiedzialnej za przedsięwzięcie.
- [4]Enea łączy siły z Mitsubishi Hitachi. Chcą wybudować blok na zgazowany węgiel w Bogdance ↗archived ✓Money.pl12 Jan 2020Stage
StageChcemy wybudować przy kopalni Bogdanka elektrownię 500 MW, (...) która będzie największa na świecie
- BiznesAlert.pl2 Sep 2019
- 29 Sep 2018Stage history
Stage historyNajwiększy na świecie blok energetyczny o mocy 500 MW z zasilaniem ze zgazowania węgla kamiennego w reaktorach na powierzchni miałby powstać w Starej Wsi pod Łęczną w projekcie Enei i LW Bogdanka. Studium wykonalności elektrowni gotowe będzie do końca 2018 r. - poinformował w piatek 28 września w Katowicach Artur Wasil, prezes Bogdanki.