Energa Group RES power plants – Biesowice I Hydroelectric Power Plant
Energa presents an overview of all renewable energy facilities under its management. Renewable energy sources are part of the Energa Group strategy for the years 2016-2025. Energa is a national leader in this area. As of the beginning of 2020, renewable energy sources account for over 30% of the Company's production mix.
Energa owns 46 hydroelectric power plants, 5 wind farms and 2 photovoltaic farms. The total capacity of these power plants is 444 MW. The Company continues to expand its onshore wind farms, implements photovoltaic projects and, as a long-term project, plans to build offshore wind farms. In April 2019, work was commenced on the construction of the 30 MW Przykona Wind Farm.
Background
The barrage with the Biesowice I Hydroelectric Power Plant is located in the village of Biesowice, Kępice Commune, on the 79.7th kilometre of the Wieprz River. The facility was built in 1905; however, after only two years, it was destroyed by a flood. Rebuilt at a rapid pace, the facility resumed operation in 1908. In 1945, the power plant equipment was disassembled and carried away by the Red Army. In the years 1950–1954, the facility was rebuilt as Biesowice Hydroelectric Power Plant. Three Polish turbines from Radomsko were installed in it, which have been operating until the present day. In 1985, in Biesowice, an additional turbine set manufactured by the Gdańsk Power Engineering Repair Plant and installed in the previously unused building of Biesowice II power plant was launched. Due to technical wear and a small share in the entire barrage production, the Biesowice II water turbine-generator unit was decommissioned in February 2013.
Biesowice Hydroelectric Power Plant is environmentally friendly. Hydroelectric power plants are an important element in the electricity generation chain of Energa Group. They are constantly upgraded and overhauled, which maintains their energy efficiency at a very high level.
Technical specifications:
- Head – 10 m
- Installed capacity – 432 kW
- Water catchment area within the power plant section amounts to 5 km2
- Average annual flow – 37 m3/sec
- Average annual precipitation – 720 mm
- Maximum permissible head water level – 30 m ASL
- Power plant type: low-head hydroelectric power plant