Turów Power Station

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Turów Power Station is a large lignite-fired power plant in southwestern Poland, notable as one of the country’s major electricity producers and a significant source of regional environmental controversy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Turów Power Station canonical 3
Turów energy complex 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-fired power station ⓘ
lignite-fired power station ⓘ
adjacentTo Turów open-pit lignite mine ⓘ
linked to: Turów lignite mine
commissioned 1962 ⓘ
connectedTo regional district heating systems ⓘ
constructionStart 1961 ⓘ
controversy air quality in border regions ⓘ
impact on local water resources ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
emits carbon dioxide ⓘ
nitrogen oxides ⓘ
particulate matter ⓘ
sulfur dioxide ⓘ
environmentalImpact air pollution ⓘ
greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ
groundwater depletion concerns ⓘ
fuelType lignite ⓘ
generationType baseload power generation ⓘ
gridConnection Polish national power grid ⓘ
hasUnit Unit 1 ⓘ
Unit 2 ⓘ
Unit 3 ⓘ
Unit 4 ⓘ
Unit 5 ⓘ
Unit 6 ⓘ
Unit 7 ⓘ
locatedIn Bogatyńa ⓘ
Lower Silesian Voivodeship ⓘ
southwestern Poland ⓘ
modernization 1990s efficiency upgrades ⓘ
flue-gas desulfurization installation ⓘ
near Czech Republic ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
notableFor cross-border environmental controversy ⓘ
large-scale electricity generation ⓘ
operator PGE GiEK ⓘ
owner PGE GiEK ⓘ
PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna ⓘ
parentCompany PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna ⓘ
partOf Turów energy complex ⓘ
primaryFuel lignite ⓘ
regulator Polish environmental authorities ⓘ
sector electric power industry ⓘ
significance major electricity producer in Poland ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
subjectOf European Union environmental scrutiny ⓘ
disputes between Poland and Czech Republic ⓘ
suppliedBy Turów coal mine ⓘ
linked to: Turów lignite mine

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bogatynia → knownFor → Turów Power Station ⓘ
Turów lignite mine → suppliesFuelTo → Turów Power Station ⓘ
Turów lignite mine → adjacentTo → Turów Power Station ⓘ
Turów lignite mine → partOf → Turów energy complex ⓘ
linked to: Turów Power Station
Turów Power Station → partOf → Turów energy complex ⓘ
linked to: Turów Power Station