Forecasts propose that carbon-based energy blocks will cease to be viable in the next decade. Information from ‘Lega Artis’ indicates that companies specified as Tauron and Enea plan to retreat their coal power plants.
According to Tauron's report, their units, including blocks in the Łagisz Branch and fresh Jaworzno, are to work until 2035. The blocks in the Jaworzno III Branch are to operate until 2028, those in the Łaziska Branch until 2028, and the blocks in the Jaworzno II Branch until 2026. The units in the Siersza branch are expected to cease operations as early as 2025, while territory heating units can operate even until 2049.
Enea presents a different perspective. Their energy complex in Kozienice presently has 11 blocks. The first 4 blocks of 230 MW are to be withdrawn from the marketplace in 2025, another 4 – in 2027. The 560 MW blocks are to be withdrawn in the years 2041 and 2042. The largest and most modern block, B11 with a power of 1112 MW, is to work the longest, until 2048. Additionally, blocks in Połaniec, the first of 8 already this year, and the last is planned to be withdrawn in 2042.
This revision of the energy recovery plans expresses an ever-increasing trend in carbon departure as the main origin of energy, given the expanding spending on renewable energy sources and the force to reduce emissions in the energy sector.
A sharp decline in coal production
President of the Polish Mining Group, Tomasz Rogala, noted that the current production of hard coal in Poland is importantly different from the forecasts of 2 years ago, which assumed higher extraction by 5 million tonnes. This will origin the production of home energy coal to fall to 20 million tonnes per year over the next decade.
However, according to its observation, the decline in its own coal production does not translate straight into a simplification in its consumption. In fresh years imports of coal to Poland have increased, reaching 17 million tonnes in 2021, 14.5 million tonnes a year later and forecasting as much as 18 million tonnes in this year. This increase in coal imports would have an impact on global emissions, peculiarly given the sea transport of this natural material.
Rogala besides pointed out the paradox linked to the price of carbon allowances, which is approaching EUR 100 per tonne. Energy obtained from home coal, even though it is the largest part of the national energy mix, is considered to be complementary alternatively than fundamental, given the precedence of renewable energy sources and imported natural materials.
This image suggests that although coal production in Poland is falling, this does not necessarily mean reducing the usage of this natural material, especially if you look at the increase in imports and its impact on emissions.
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