S&P Platts Power in Europe – o problemach polskiej energetyki w upalne dni

Dwutygodnik „Power in Europe”, wydawany przez największą na świecie firmę analityczną S&P Platts, cytuje dziennikarza portalu WysokieNapiecie.pl w materiale o trudnej sytuacji polskiej energetyki w czasie letnich szczytów zapotrzebowania na energię.

High air temperatures and a combination of low river levels and rising water temperatures caused some hard coal-fired and lignite-fired plants to experience problems with their cooling systems, Bartlomiej Derski, from wysokienapiecie.pl, said. “We received information that Kozienice plant, which is cooled by the Vistula River, had to reduce capacity by about 800 MW. There was a similar situation at the lignite-fired Patnow plant which is cooled by lake water. The situation will last for the next few days,” Derski said.

According to TGE’s information platform, the hard coalfired Kozienice shut down 788 MW for unplanned maintenance Sunday and Monday, June 25-26, while Patnow has put 622 MW offline in unscheduled maintenance since June 25.Although demand reached record highs, the start-up a week earlier of phase shifting transformers on the German border and increased import capacity this summer are mitigating against a repeat of last summer’s power rationing, Derski said – czytamy w „Power in Europe”.

Power in Europe, Issue 729 / July 4, 2016