Polish Energy Group (PGE) plans the construction of the two nuclear power plants to have a capacity of 3,000 MW each.
– By Chris Reed –
Poland's first nuclear power station is expected to come on line two years later than planned in 2022, the government's nuclear power chief said on Thursday.
The government's schedule, which must be approved by the cabinet, 'has the date of 2022 as that for putting into operation the first reactor,' nuclear power chief Hanna Trojanowska told the PAP news agency.
According to plans presented last year and confirmed in March, the launching of the first nuclear plant was orignally scheduled for 2020 with a second one around 2025.
The draft of the Polish nuclear energy program has been adopted by the Ministry of Economy. Polish Energy Group (PGE) plans the construction of the two nuclear power plants to have a capacity of 3,000 MW each. The company is aiming for a 51% share in a consortium which is to build and operate the first nuclear power stations in Poland, wnp.pl reports.
Poland, which currently relies on coal-fired plants for 94 per cent of its electricity, has committed itself to easing its dependence on the fossil fuel as part of the EU's climate package limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
The government has said it wants nuclear power to generate 9.3 per cent of the country's electricity by 2030, while coal's share should drop to 60 per cent.