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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35.1 - Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
130 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
2 January 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish producer of electricity ZE PAK (Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin) has announced that it has just initiated a closure process of the power plant Adamów in Turek. As a result, about 130 jobs will be lost in the beginning of 2018. There are two main reasons behind the closure of the power plant. Firstly, a nearby mine has run out of brown coal. Secondly, the company does not want to adjust the power plant to the very new environmental standards applicable in Poland (the power plant exceeds the permissible dust emissions). The brown-coal-fired power plant in Turek was commissioned in 1964. Nowadays, the unit operates as commercial power plant with a capacity of 600 mega watts.
Sources
2 January 2018: Wysokie Napięcie
Citation
Eurofound (2018), ZE PAK, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 92894, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92894.
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