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Power plants in Poland

189 power-plant records · 37,902 MW reported capacity

  • Coal 38%
  • Wind 31%
  • Hydro 17%
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Poland at a glance

Power-plant records
189
Reported capacity
37,902 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
31.2%
Most records
Coal, Wind
Grid operator
PSE
Capital
Warsaw

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Bełchatów5,472 MW
  2. 2Kozienice2,673 MW
  3. 3Rybnik1,775 MW
  4. 4Połaniec1,623 MW
  5. 5Turów1,498 MW
  6. 6Opole1,492 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Poland

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

Coal still supplies the largest share of power, with fast-growing wind and solar. TGE runs the exchange; household prices have been capped since 2023.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

  • UREEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

PSE, owned by the state, runs transmission; five large distribution companies, mostly state-controlled, serve customers.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Continental European gridRegional grid

    Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Poland generates electricity

Electricity generated172.1 TWh
Renewable share31.2%
Low-carbon share31.2%
Carbon intensity608.2 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro2.1 TWh
Wind25.9 TWh
Solar17.7 TWh
Bioenergy8 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal93.5 TWh
Gas20.5 TWh
Other fossil4.6 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Poland extends from Baltic lowlands to the Sudetes and Carpathians. The Vistula and Oder river systems link northern plains with the industrial regions and uplands of the south.

Capital
Warsaw
Languages
Polish
Major cities
Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk

Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 189 records for Poland. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

189 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

5 lack an owner/operator; 57 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Poland

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Browse 189 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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5,472 MW
Owner in source
Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
2,673 MW
Owner in source
Enea Wytwarzanie
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map

Rybnik

Coal
1,775 MW
Owner in source
Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
1,623 MW
Owner in source
Enea Połaniec S.A.
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map

Turów

Coal
1,498 MW
Owner in source
Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map

Opole

Coal
1,492 MW
Owner in source
Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
1,362 MW
Owner in source
Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
1,345 MW
Owner in source
TAURON Wytwarzanie S.A.
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
1,244 MW
Owner in source
Zespół Elektrowni 'Pątnów - Adamów - Konin' SA
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1967
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
1,155 MW
Owner in source
TAURON Wytwarzanie S.A.
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map
1,075 MW
Owner in source
Elektrownia Wytwarzanie S.A.
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2017
Source status
Operating status unverified
GCPT · historical recordDetails & map
1,075 MW
Owner in source
Enea Wytwarzanie
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2017
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENTSOE · historical recordDetails & map

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