Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station

The Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped-storage power station located about 7 km south of Żarnowiec, in Puck County, northern Poland. It was constructed between 1973 and 1983 and underwent a modernisation between 2007 and 2011, with the upper reservoir reconstructed in 2006.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zbiornik Czymanowo and Kaszubskie Oko.

Zbiornik Czymanowo

Reservoir

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Zbiornik Czymanowo is a reservoir.

Kaszubskie Oko

Recreation area

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Kaszubskie Oko is a recreation area, which is situated 2 km west of Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station.

Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant

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The Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant was to be the first nuclear power plant in Poland. The construction was cancelled due to changes in the economic and political situation in Poland, in the Soviet Union and in the Eastern Bloc and due to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the following years. Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant is situated 2½ km north of Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Czymanowo and Opalino.

Czymanowo

Village

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Czymanowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniewino, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Opalino

Village

Opalino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniewino, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.