Bełchatów Power Station
Bełchatów Power Station is a coal-fired power station near Bełchatów, Poland. It is Europe's largest coal-fired power station as well as the most toxic one.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: elektrownia.belchatow.giekelb@gkpge.pl
- Type: Power station
- Description: coal-fired power plant in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, largest coal-fired power plant in Europe
- Also known as: “Belchatow Power Station” and “PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A. Oddział Elektrownia Bełchatów”
- Address: Energetyczna 7, Rogowiec, 97-410
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bełchatów Coal Mine and Dąbrowa.
Bełchatów Coal Mine
Quarry
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The Bełchatów coal mine is a large open-pit mine in the centre of Poland in Bełchatów, Łódź Voivodeship, 150 km west of the capital, Warsaw. Bełchatów represents one of the largest coal reserves in Poland having estimated reserves of 1,930 million tonnes of lignite coal. Bełchatów Coal Mine is situated 3½ km southwest of Bełchatów Power Station.
Dąbrowa
Dwelling
Dąbrowa is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kleszczów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Dąbrowa is situated 3 km southeast of Bełchatów Power Station.
Słok-Młyn
Dwelling
Słok-Młyn is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kleszczów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 9 km north of Kleszczów, 9 km south of Bełchatów, and 56 km south of the regional capital Łódź. Słok-Młyn is situated 3 km northeast of Bełchatów Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biłgoraj and Rogowiec.
Biłgoraj
Village
Biłgoraj is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kleszczów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.
Rogowiec
Village
Rogowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kleszczów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 8 km north of Kleszczów, 11 km south-west of Bełchatów, and 57 km south of the regional capital Łódź.
Wola Grzymalina
Locality
Wola Grzymalina is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kleszczów, within Bełchatów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 3 km north-east of Kleszczów, 15 km south of Bełchatów, and 62 km south of the regional capital Łódź.
Bełchatów Power Station
- Categories: lignite-fired power station and industry
- Location: Gmina Kleszczów, Bełchatów County, Łódzkie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.26706° or 51° 16′ 1″ northLongitude
19.32555° or 19° 19′ 32″ eastElevation
206 metres (676 feet)Inception
December 29th, 1981Operator
PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A.Open location code
9F3X788G+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 592157961OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Bełchatów Power Station” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Бэлхатоўская ЦЭС”
- Bulgarian: “ТЕЦ Белхатов”
- Chinese: “貝烏哈圖夫發電廠”
- Chinese: “貝爾哈托夫發電廠”
- Chinese: “貝爾哈托夫發電站”
- Chinese: “贝尔哈托夫发电厂”
- Chinese: “贝尔哈托夫发电站”
- Czech: “Elektrárna Bełchatów”
- Dutch: “Belchatow elektriciteitscentrale”
- Dutch: “Elektriciteitscentrale Belchatow”
- Dutch: “Elektriciteitscentrale Bełchatów”
- French: “Centrale de Bełchatów”
- French: “centrale thermique de Bełchatów”
- French: “Centrale thermique de Bełchatów”
- German: “Kraftwerk Belchatow”
- German: “Kraftwerk Bełchatów”
- Greek: “ηλεκτροπαραγωγικός σταθμός Μπεουχάτουφ”
- Japanese: “ベウハトゥフ発電所”
- Japanese: “ベルチャトウ石炭火力発電所”
- Korean: “베우하투프 발전소”
- Latvian: “Belhatovas elektrostacija”
- Lithuanian: “Belchatuvo šiluminė jėgainė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belchatow kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bełchatów kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Bełchatów kraftverk”
- Polish: “ELB”
- Polish: “Elektrownia Bełchatów”
- Portuguese: “Usina termelétrica de Bełchatów”
- Romanian: “Centrala electrică Bełchatów”
- Russian: “Белхатувская ТЭС”
- Russian: “ТЭС «Белхатув»”
- Swedish: “Belchatow kraftverk”
- Swedish: “Bełchatów kraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “Белхатувська ТЕС”
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