Halemba Power Station

{{Short description|Power station in Poland}}

{{Infobox power station

| name_official = Elektrownia Halemba

| image = Elektrownia_Halemba.jpg

| image_caption =

| image_alt =

| coordinates = {{coord|50|13|57|N|18|51|07|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| country = Poland

| location = Halemba, Ruda Śląska

| status = O

| construction_began = 1943

| commissioned = 1962

| decommissioned = 1 April 2012

| cost =

| owner = Południowy Koncern Energetyczny S.A.

| operator =

| th_fuel_primary =

| th_fuel_tertiary =

| ps_cogeneration =

| ps_combined_cycle =

| ps_units_operational =

| ps_units_manu_model = Zemech

| ps_units_decommissioned = {{nowrap|200 MW}}

| ps_thermal_capacity = {{nowrap|60 MWt}}

| ps_electrical_capacity = 200

| ps_electrical_cap_fac =

| website = {{URL|elhalemba.com.pl}}

}}

Halemba Power Station ({{langx|pl|Elektrownia Halemba}}) is a coal-fueled power plant in Halemba district of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.{{cite web | url=http://www.globalenergyobservatory.org/form.php?pid=40603 | title= Halemba Coal CHP Power Plant Poland | 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 | access-date=26 February 2014 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090718103632/http%3A//www.industcards.com/st%2Dcoal%2Dpoland%2Dslaskie.htm | archive-date=18 July 2009 | df= }}

Construction of the plant begun in 1943, organized by Nazi German administration of occupied Poland, and using forced labor from Auschwitz Concentration Camp.{{cite web|url=http://www.nettg.pl/news/104969/ruda-slaska-halemba-jest-wystawiona-na-sprzedaz |title=Ruda Śląska: Halemba jest wystawiona na sprzedaż |publisher=Nettg.pl |date= |accessdate=2014-03-06|language=pl}} After the war the plant was finished by the authorities in the People's Republic of Poland, and started operation in 1962.{{cite web |url=http://www.tauron-wytwarzanie.pl/oddzialy/halemba/Strony/historia.aspx |title=Historia Oddział Halemba |publisher=Tauron-wytwarzanie.pl |date= |accessdate=2014-03-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307013719/http://www.tauron-wytwarzanie.pl/oddzialy/halemba/Strony/historia.aspx|archivedate=2014-03-07|language=pl}} Since 2006, it has reduced operation, and was decommissioned on 1 April 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.cire.pl/item,66336,1,0,0,0,0,0,elektrownia-halemba-na-sprzedaz.html |title=Elektrownia Halemba na sprzedaż - Serwis informacyjny |publisher=Cire.pl |date= |accessdate=2014-03-06|language=pl}}{{cite web|url=http://energetyka.wnp.pl/tauron-wystawil-na-sprzedaz-elektrownie-halemba,197150_1_0_0.html |title=Tauron wystawił na sprzedaż Elektrownię Halemba |publisher=Energetyka.wnp.pl |date= |accessdate=2014-03-06|language=pl}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ekonomia.rp.pl/artykul/940390.html |title=Elektrownia Halemba idzie pod młotek |language=pl |publisher=Ekonomia.rp.pl |date= |accessdate=2014-03-06 |archive-date=2015-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503210908/http://www.ekonomia.rp.pl/artykul/940390.html |url-status=dead }}