Będzin Power Station

{{Infobox power station

| name = Będzin Power Station

| name_official = Elektrociepłownia Będzin

| image = EC Będzin.jpg

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| country = Poland

| location = Będzin

| status = O

| construction_began = 1913

| commissioned = 1916

| decommissioned =

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| owner = Elektrociepłownia Będzin S.A.

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| ps_cogeneration =

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| ps_units_operational = {{nowrap|81.5 MW}}

| ps_units_manu_model = 13UCK 80

| ps_thermal_capacity = {{nowrap|445 MWt}}

| ps_electrical_capacity =

| ps_electrical_cap_fac =

| ps_annual_generation = 151 GW·h (2014)

| website = [http://www.ecbedzin.pl/ www.pke.pl]

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Będzin Power Station ({{langx|pl|Elektrociepłownia Będzin}}) is a cogeneration plant in Będzin, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.{{cite web | url=http://globalenergyobservatory.org/form.php?pid=40610 | title= Bedzin CHP Coal Power Plant | publisher=Global Energy Observatory | accessdate=26 February 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.industcards.com/st-coal-poland-slaskie.htm | title=Coal-Fired Plants in Poland - Slaskie | publisher=Power Plants Around The World | work=Gallery | date=18 February 2013 | accessdate=26 February 2014 | archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090718103632/http%3A//www.industcards.com/st%2Dcoal%2Dpoland%2Dslaskie.htm | archive-date=2009-07-18 | url-status=usurped }}{{cite web | url=http://www.ecbedzin.pl/en/Our-products/Generating-facilities | title=Generating facilities | publisher=Elektrociepłownia Będzin | accessdate=26 February 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302085341/http://www.ecbedzin.pl/en/Our-products/Generating-facilities | archivedate=2 March 2014 }}

The plant is operated by the Elektrociepłownia Będzin S.A. company. It is the major energy provider for the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie. Its construction begun in 1913, and it started operating in 1916. The company is a stock action company since 1993, and is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Electrical production in 2014 was 151,140 MW·h.[http://www.ecbedzin.pl/resources/document/do_pobrania/raporty/Raport_2014.pdf Annual Report 2014, page 50] Rated capacity of the two OP-140 utility boilers is 2 x 145 t/h = 290 t/h,[http://www.ecbedzin.pl/resources/document/do_pobrania/raporty/Raport_2014.pdf Annual Report 2014, page 55] equivalent to 112,6 MWt each, 225,2 MWt total.Elektrociepłownia „Będzin” Spółka Akcyjna - Raport roczny 2006

Rated heat capacity of the heating boilers (1 x WP-70 and 1 x WP-120) is 220.2 MWt. The total installed heat capacity is 445.4 MWt[http://www.ecbedzin.pl/resources/document/do_pobrania/raporty/Raport_2014.pdf Annual Report 2014, page 56] plus 83.5 MWt in cogeneration from the 13UCK 80 turboset.[http://mechaniktechnik.blogspot.it/ Budowa Maszyn Energetycznych (Polish, Construction of Power Machines)] (UCK is a turbine classification acronym which stands for "kondensacyjne z upustami przemysłowymi i ciepłowniczymi", polish for "condensation with industrial and district heating")[https://www.legislacja.rcl.gov.pl/docs//4/221600/221633/221634/dokument136401.pdf Ministry of Economy - Formular G-10.3 (in Polish)]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}