Energy

• The Kanin wind farm of Livingstone (ORLEN Wind 3 Group), located in Kanin near Darłowo in the Province of Szczecin. It is made of eight Nordex wind turbines with a total capacity of 20 MW.
• The Nowotna wind farm of Nowotna Farma Wiatrowa (ORLEN Wind 3 Group), located in the village of Nowotna in the County of Nowy Dwór Gdański, Province of Gdańsk. It is made of 20 V110 2.0 MW Vestas turbines.
• The Kobylnica wind farm of Nowotna Farma Wiatrowa (ORLEN Wind 3 Group), located in the village of Kobylnica in the County of Słupsk, Province of Gdańsk, comprising 18 Siemens SWT 2.3 MW turbines.
• The Subkowy wind farm of Nowotna Farma Wiatrowa (ORLEN Wind 3 Group), located in the village of Subkowy in the County of Tczew, Province of Gdańsk. It is made of four Gamesa G90 2.0 MW turbines.
• The Bystra wind farm of Energa OZE, located in the villages of Bystra, Dziewięć Włók and Wiślina in the County of Pruszcz Gdański, Province of Gdańsk. It is the smallest and also the newest farm located in the vicinity of Gdańsk. Within an area of 2 sq. km there are 12 Gamesa G90 turbines totalling 24 MW in capacity.
• The Karcino wind farm of Energa OZE, located between the villages of Karcino and Sarbia in the County of Kołobrzeg, Province of Szczecin. Within an area of 6 sq. km there are 17 Vestas V90-3 turbines totalling 51 MW in capacity.
• The Karścino wind farm of Energa OZE, located near the village of Karlino in northern Poland, in the County of Białogard, Province of Szczecin. It is made of 60 Fuhrländer FL MD77 turbines with a total capacity of 90 MW, and occupies an area of 11 sq. km.
• The Myślino wind farm of Energa OZE, located in the northwest of Poland, in the County of Kołobrzeg, Province of Szczecin. Placed in operation in 2014, it is made of 10 Gamesa G97 wind turbines with a total capacity of 20 MW.
• The Parsówek wind farm of Energa OZE, located in the Municipality of Gryfino, Province of the Szczecin. It is made of 13 Gamesa G90 turbines with a total capacity of 26 MW.
• The Przykona wind farm of Energa OZE, built on a coal mine reclamation site in the Municipality of Przykona, County of Turek. It is made of nine Vestas V126 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 32.85 MW.

• Delta PV of Energa OZE, in operation since the second half of 2014. It is located at ul. Benzynowa in Gdańsk, near the Bystra wind farm. The farm consists of 6,292 photovoltaic panels combined into 286 sets. Each set contains 22 photovoltaic modules in series connection. The farm’s installed electrical capacity is 1.64 MW.
• Czernikowo PV of Energa OZE, located in the Municipality of Czernikowo. The farm’s installed electrical capacity is 3.77 MW. The farm consists of nearly 16,000 panels, each with a capacity of 240 Wp, covering an area of over 22,500 square metres.
• Wielbark PV of Energa OZE – Wielbark PV assets with a total installed capacity of 12 MW were purchased by Energa OZE in two stages as part of an acquisition process carried out in 2021. The acquisition of Wielbark PV will ultimately cover assets with a total installed capacity of 62 MW located on an area of approximately 119 ha.

• Włocławek hydroelectric power plant of Energa OZE, with its installed capacity exceeding 160 MW and an average annual output of 750 GWh – Poland’s largest run-of-the-river plant. It generates more than 20% of the total output of Polish hydroelectric power plants. The Włocławek power plant was placed in service in 1969. It has six vertical hydroelectric sets with PŁ 661-W-800 Kaplan turbines produced in the former Soviet Union.
• Żydowo pumped-storage power plant of Energa OZE, built in 1971. It is operated as an energy source in periods of sudden or peak demand, which means that in the event of a sudden power shortage, water is released through the turbines, and when there is excess power, the plant pumps the water back. This power plant is a natural energy storage facility. Its installed capacity is 157 MW, with three contributing turbine generator sets equipped with Francis turbines and Skoda Pilzno generators.
• Small hydroelectric power plants of Energa OZE comprise 44 small plants located mainly in northern Poland and one in the south of the country, with a total installed electrical capacity of about 40 MW.

• CCGT Włocławek, a combined cycle gas turbine with an electrical capacity of 474 MW and thermal capacity 417 MW, producing heat and power in the cogeneration process. It came on stream in June 2017. In 2021, the plant operated in a stable manner, supplying electricity and process steam to PSE and Anwil. Thanks to relatively fast system control and high generation capacity, it steadily met the current demand from Poland’s power system and Anwil, while actively participating in the capacity market. In 2021, the CCGT plant produced 2.8 TWh net of electricity and supplied 1.3 PJ of heat in the form of process steam to Anwil. Mandatory borescope inspection was conducted as required in the turbine supplier’s schedule and air intake filters were replaced regularly. Active work was underway to secure the HGPI overhaul scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. Additionally, work was started on the construction of a solar PV farm at the CCGT Włocławek site, which is expected to be placed in service in the first half of 2022.
• CCGT Płock, a high-efficiency cogeneration unit commissioned in June 2018, with an electrical capacity of 608 MW and thermal capacity of 519 MW. The fuel for the plant is high-methane natural gas. January 23rd 2021 saw the start of a scheduled HGPI overhaul of the gas turbine and generator resulting from the turbine unit maintenance contract. On May 15th 2021, CCGT Płock resumed operation, operated in a stable manner, actively participating in the capacity market. Producing heat and power in the cogeneration process, the CCGT plant covered shortages of these utilities at the Płock production plant, while remaining an active participant of the electricity market and providing ancillary power reserve services to the transmission system operator PSE. In 2021, it generated 2.4 TWh net of electricity and 3.1 PJ of steam supplied to the Płock production plant system.

Surplus electricity from the new CCGT assets is sold both on the wholesale energy market and to end customers.

• In terms of thermal capacity, PKN ORLEN’s high-efficiency combined heat and power plant in Płock is the largest industrial plant of this kind in Poland and one of the largest in Europe. It is the main supplier of steam heat, heating water and electricity to the Group’s production units in Płock and to external customers, including the city of Płock. Following the launch of a new TG7 turbine generator set and shutdown of the TG1 unit (which is to be upgraded), the total installed energy capacity of the CHP plant was 358.9 MW in 2021. After TG1 was commissioned in December 2021, the total electrical capacity at the Company’s CHP plant rose to 428 MW. A formal confirmation of the installed capacity will take place after a revised license for electricity generation is received from the President of URE. Boilers of the CHP plant are fired with heavy fuel oil derived from crude oil distillation and with natural gas.
• The ORLEN Południe Group’s CHP plant in Trzebinia fully satisfies the Trzebinia plant’s demand for steam heat and heating water, and partly its demand for electricity. The CHP plant is fuelled with natural gas and fine coal. The new natural gas-fired heat source commissioned in 2019 was expanded in 2021 to include a third gas-fired boiler, which is currently being adapted for biogas co-firing.
• The ORLEN Południe Group’s CHP plant in Jedlicze, fired mainly with fine coal, is the Jedlicze plant’s main supplier of heat in the form of process steam. Other fuels used at Jedlicze include natural gas, fuel oil and C4 fraction.
• The Anwil CHP plant is the primary source of heat in the form of medium pressure process steam and, at the same time, the peak-load and reserve source of heat for the Włocławek chemical complex. A project is underway to build a new gas boiler house to replace the existing boilers whose operation is limited due to environmental requirements. For process purposes, Anwil relies mostly on low pressure process steam from the Włocławek CCGT unit owned by PKN ORLEN.
• The ORLEN Unipetrol Group’s CHP plant in Litvínov, using mainly lignite as fuel, fully meets the Litvínov plant’s heat demand and partially satisfies its electricity demand. Design work is now under way for a new CHP plant project based on high-efficiency gas-fired cogeneration, which will ultimately replace the existing plant. The new CHP plant is expected to be launched after 2025.
• The CHP plant in Spolana is the main source of heat for the Spolana facility. Since 2020, when the construction of a new gas-fired boiler house was completed and the existing coal-fired CHP plant was taken out of service, 100% of the demand for heat has been covered by a low-emission source.
• EC Paramo (Pardubice and Kolin) fully secure the heating needs of two production facilities in Kolin and Pardubice. The heating plants are fired with natural gas.
• The ORLEN Lietuva CHP plant is a source of process steam used in production processes, while ensuring stability of the power system. The plant is fired with natural gas, refinery gases, C4 fraction, and fuel oil.
• The Elbląg CHP plant of Energa Kogeneracja sp. z o.o. is the largest source of heat and electricity in Elbląg (Olsztyn Province). The heat generated by this source covers approximately 80% of the demand of the district heating system in Elbląg. The CHP plant is fired with coal and biomass. A new system is under construction with gas-fired water boilers to replace the coal-fired boilers.
• The Kalisz CHP plant of Energa Kogeneracja sp. z o.o. is the largest source of heat and electricity in Kalisz. The heat generated by this source covers approximately 70% of the demand of the district heating system in Kalisz. The CHP plant is fired with coal. A new system is under construction with gas-fired water boilers to replace the coal-fired boilers.
• The Żychlin CHP plant of Energa Kogeneracja sp. z o.o. is the main supplier of heat for the city. The heat generated by the plant is transmitted and distributed through district heating networks, most of which are owned by the company, and so is the plant itself. The CHP plant is fired with coal and biomass.

The Ostrołęka B power plant of Energa is the only commercial power plant in the north-eastern region of Poland, which supplies energy to the Polish Power System. It also produces heat for industrial and municipal customers from the area of Ostrołęka. Its boilers use coal as a primary fuel. The power plant consists of three generating units with a capacity of 230 MW each. Its generating capacity totals 690 MW.

In its strategy until 2030, PKN ORLEN has set the target of 1.7GW of installed offshore wind power capacity (weighted by its share in the projects), assuming potential further development of the offshore wind power portfolio after 2030. The ORLEN Group has been consistently working to become the leader in offshore wind energy generation in the Polish Baltic Sea zone.

In 2021, the ORLEN Group consistently carried out activities in the form of continuation of the construction of the first offshore wind farm (OWF) „Baltic Power” with a capacity of up to 1,200 MW in the Polish exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea and the creation of an OWF competence center for the implementation of subsequent OWF construction projects. In the Baltic Power project, an environmental decision was obtained for the area of the Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) and over 2-year wind tests were completed and signed with Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. connection agreement. The main stage of preparation of the preliminary technical project of the OWF has been completed. A positive decision was obtained regarding the financial support for the project in the form of the so-called contract for difference (CFD) at the Polish level (ERO), and the documentation required to notify the obtained support at the European Commission level was submitted to the relevant authorities. The commissioning of the OWF „Baltic Power” is scheduled for 2026.

As part of the operationalisation of its strategy it was assumed that the development of the ORLEN Group’s wind power segment may be most effectively achieved through organic development of competencies and market advantages based on the opportunities offered by the emerging market in Poland and the Baltic states. To this end, an Offshore Competence Centre is being established within PKN ORLEN to implement new projects. To support the wind power development in the Polish Baltic Sea zone, two new companies: ORLEN Neptun I-XI and Energa MFW 1-2 were established to obtain permits to construct and use artificial islands, structures and equipment in the Polish exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea. The next step in the process will be to prepare for the construction of offshore wind farms. In December 2021, the companies completed preparations for the filing of 11 applications for location permits with respect to all designated areas. The first was submitted in the same month, with the remaining applications planned to be filed when the administration opens the next application rounds.

In order to assess the attractiveness of offshore wind power development, PKN ORLEN launched the POSEJDON project in the Baltic states. In line with the project schedule, a strategy for entry into the Baltic markets was worked out, which provides for further development of the POSEJDON project and preparation of a recommendation concerning PKN ORLEN’s participation in the planned offshore auction on the Lithuanian market in 2023. The estimated total offshore potential in the Baltic States is 26 GW. In 2025, the Baltic States will disconnect from the BRELL system. Electricity imports from Russia and Belarus will thus cease, forcing an earlier expansion of low-carbon energy sources. Lithuania, whose offshore potential is estimated at 3.35 GW, is the most developed market of this kind in the Baltic states, with the first auction scheduled for September 2023 (700 MW). The Lithuanian state is conducting environmental, geophysical and geotechnical surveys as well as wind surveys, the findings of which are to be made available to the auction winner. As part of the Latvian-Estonian partnership, Latvia prepared the 700-1000 MW ELWIND project, with an auction planned for 2025. In addition, in 2021 PKN ORLEN launched a procedure to prepare an analysis of green hydrogen production using offshore wind power assets in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

In August 2021, PKN ORLEN entered into a strategic offshore wind power partnership with GE of the US, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of offshore wind farm turbines. The agreement does not mean that GE will definitely supply turbines for the planned offshore wind farms but may guarantee certainty of supply to PKN ORLEN and strengthen its competitive position in seeking new location permits for offshore wind farms in the Polish exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea. The partnership marks another stepping stone in the delivery of the ORLEN2030 strategy, aimed at achieving a zero net carbon footprint in 2050.

In September 2021, a sectoral agreement was signed concerning offshore wind power development in Poland. The agreement is intended to lead to the execution of an agreement between key offshore sector stakeholders (government representatives, investors, supply chain companies, industry organisations, etc.) on supporting the development of this sector in Poland, including the local supply chain.