Bogdanka Coal Mine
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The Bogdanka coal mine is a large mine in the east of Poland
in Puchaczów
, Lublin Voivodeship
, 197 km south-east of the capital, Warsaw
. Bogdanka represents one of the largest coal
reserve in Poland
having estimated reserves of 265.3 million tonnes of coal
. The annual coal production is around 7.47 million tonnes.
In October 2010, it was agreed that starting from 2016 Bogdanka will supply the new 1,000 MW Ostrołęka C power station
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
in Puchaczów
Puchaczów
Puchaczów is a village in Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Puchaczów. It lies approximately east of Łęczna and east of the regional capital Lublin.-References:...
, Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....
, 197 km south-east of the capital, Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. Bogdanka represents one of the largest coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
reserve in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
having estimated reserves of 265.3 million tonnes of coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
. The annual coal production is around 7.47 million tonnes.
In October 2010, it was agreed that starting from 2016 Bogdanka will supply the new 1,000 MW Ostrołęka C power station
Ostrołęka Power Station
The Ostrołęka Power Station is a coal-fired thermal power station in Ostrołęka, Poland. It is owned by Energa.The power station consists of two parts. The Ostrołęka A combined heat and power plant with installed capacity of 93 MW electricity and 456 MW heat was built in 1956. The...
.