Polish cogeneration company Orlen Termika, part of the Orlen Group, has secured a PLN 144 million (USD 38 million/EUR 33.5 million) preferential loan to support the construction of a 45 MWt biomass boiler installation.
The financing was granted by the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management under the “Energy Plus” priority programme, the company said. The project’s total cost is estimated at PLN 205 million.
The investment will involve the construction of a boiler house at Orlen Termika’s Pruszkow combined heat and power plant. The facility will be equipped with three water boilers, each with a thermal output of up to 14.9 MW. The project also includes a biomass storage facility and all necessary installations to connect the new units to the existing CHP plant.
The biomass installation is expected to begin operations in 2027. Once commissioned, two coal-fired boilers at the Pruszkow plant will be shut down, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 74,552 Mg per year, according to Orlen Termika.
The project is being carried out by Polish construction company Unibep SA. Orlen Termika said the biomass boiler plant will complete the investment cycle at the Pruszkow CHP plant, which began with the construction of an oil-gas boiler plant and will lead to the decommissioning of the site’s coal-fired units.
The Pruszkow facility will become Orlen Termika’s second decarbonised plant after its Kaweczyn site, the company added.
