The first 858 MW unit synchronisation in PGE

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The first 858 MW unit synchronisation in PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna
SA Oddział Elektrownia Bełchatów
10.06.2011
Warsaw, 10 June 2011 - On 10 June 2011 after finishing electrical tests, the new 858 MW unit in PGE
Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA Oddział Elektrownia Bełchatów was synchronised for the first
time with the national power grids.
It means that the national electricity power system received the first volumes of electricity from the newly
built power unit at Bełchatów Power Plant.
PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA at its Bełchatów Power Plant location is executing its
strategic investment project related to the construction of the new conventional 858 MW unit, whose turnkey contractor is the consortium of Alstom companies. The current works aim at checking the correctness
of the operation of all technological systems and the unit's readiness for cooperation with the national power
system. The crowning of the tests is the first synchronisation of the 858 MW unit, which was performed on
10 June 2011 after completing the first stage of the electrical tests.
The unit is planned to be put into commercial operation in the third quarter of 2011.
Additional information on PGE S.A. Capital Group:
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. is the largest power engineering company in Poland and one of the
largest such companies in Central and Eastern Europe. Thanks to the combination of its own fuel (lignite)
resources, power generation and final distribution networks, PGE guarantees a safe and reliable power
supply to 5 million households, businesses and institutions. In 2010 the volume of generated electricity
reached approx. 53 TWh net. The installed capacity equals 12.2 GW.
Information on PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA
PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA is one of the six concerns belonging to Poland's largest
power generation group - PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. The company's activities comprise the mining
of lignite as well as the generation of electricity and heat.
PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA consists of the headquarters and 11 branches located in
various towns and cities in Poland. They include lignite mines, conventional power plants and cogeneration
plants.
The company is the leader in the lignite mining sector - its share in the Polish lignite mining market equals
76% - and the largest producer of electricity - it generates approx. 40% of the national electricity output.
Its heat supplies to local markets reach 22.4 million GJ.
Information on Alstom
Alstom is the world'leader in power generation and transmission, and in railway infrastructure; it sets the
standards for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom manufactures fastest trains and
automatized metro systems with the highest capacity in the world, as well as it provides integrated turn-key
power solutions and services, inter alia, for hydropower plants, nuclear power plants, gas-fired and coal-fired
power plants, and for wind farms. Besides, Alstom offers a wide range of solutions related to electricity
grids, in particular focusing on smart grid solutions. The Group employs 93.500 people in over 100 countries
worldwide, and its sales revenues in 2010/20101 reached over EUR 20.9 billion.
More information are available from:
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.
Sylwia Filimon
Corporate Communication Department
[email protected]
Tel. 22 340 26 69
PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA
Magdalena Kula
Communication Department Director
PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna SA
[email protected]
tel.: +48695883923
Alstom:
Dorota Januszkiewicz
Communication Director
ALSTOM Power Sp. z o.o.
[email protected]
tel. 55 239 22 22