PGE
  • Project name: Adamów
  • Type of project: Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT)
  • Location: Turek, Poland
  • Capacity: 600 MW
  • Status: Under construction
  • Starting date: 2027

Context around the project:

  • Replacement of decommissioned lignite units.
  • Concerns over water shortages being further aggravated by the changing climate.
  • The plan to bring additional water via a 30 km pipeline from Jeziorsko reservoir is facing legal restrictions due to environmental law.

What is the problem?

  • Located in a drought-stricken region heavily impacted by open-pit lignite mines that have disrupted water levels and caused local lakes to shrink.
  • The new gas plant needs 11 million m³ of water a year for cooling, which could cause the Kielbaska local river to disappear, dealing another blow to local ecosystems and causing problems for livestock farming.