Bełchatów Power Station

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Bełchatów Power Station
Bełchatów Power Station

The Bełchatów Power Station is Europe's largest thermal power plant, situated near Bełchatów in Poland. After South Africa's Kendal Power Station it is also the second-largest coal-fired station in the world.

It has a total electrical power output of 4440 megawatts and two 300 metre high chimneys, which are among Poland's tallest free-standing structures. In 2005, the WWF ranked it as the world's sixth most polluting power plant due to carbon dioxide emissions of 1.09 megatonnes per terawatt hour of produced power .

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Coordinates: 51°15′59″N, 19°19′50″E