The Minister of Climate and Environment with the support of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, as the Operator of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change Programme, informs of the conclusion of an agreement for co-financing the “Construction of gas cogeneration with a capacity of about 8 Mwe with a cooling installation, energy storage and heating network in Siedlce” project.

The beneficiary of the project is the Power Company in Siedlce Ltd. (PEC Siedlce).

The project obtained co-financing  in the call for proposals Construction/modernization of municipal heating systems and elimination of individual heat sources under the Environment, Energy and Climate Change Programme in the area of Improving energy efficiency and energy security.

It is financed 45% from Environment, Energy and Climate Change Programme funds, of which 85% comes from the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA FM) and 15% from the state budget.

The project’s total cost is more than PLN 45.5 million (about EUR 10.5 million), and the grant awarded is over PLN 16.6 million (almost EUR 3.9 million).

The project involves modernization of the district heating system in Siedlce by implementing measures to increase the share of high-efficiency cogeneration in the generation of system heat.

The project includes the decommissioning of the WR-25 coal-fired boiler as well as the construction of an installation for the generation of cold from heat, the construction of a heat storage facility and new sections of the district heating network. The existing district heating network will be modernized in order to reduce transmission losses. This will result in reduced carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and increased energy efficiency of the system.

The most important effects of the project "Construction of a gas-fired cogeneration plant with a capacity of about 8 MWe, together with a refrigeration plant, energy storage and a district heating network in Siedlce" are:

• elimination of a local heat source derived from coal dust;
• replacement of coal-fired heat production with gas-fired heat;
• reducing CO2 emission levels by 32,443.07 t/year.

The contract for the project's subsidy was concluded on January 14, 2022, and its anticipated completion date is April 2024.

The details of the project can be found on the website of Power Company in Siedlce Ltd.

Editorial

• Link to our projects implemented under the Environment, Energy and Climate Change Programme: COLLECTION OF THE PROGRAMME PROJECTS
• See the map of EEA grants projects
• Learn about projects in the international Media library of the EEA and Norway Grants