Fireplace on the Jaworzno Energy Plant: particulars and intervention of the hearth brigade
A hearth broke out within the 910 MW unit of the Jaworzno Energy Plant on Tuesday night. Tauron spokesman Łukasz Zimnoch knowledgeable that the oil within the hydraulic system of the exhaust fan caught hearth and the hearth was shortly extinguished. The block was closed for security causes.
“It was not a felony incident (…) The oil pipe leaked. When the oil received contained in the fan, it brought on spontaneous combustion,” senior asp. advised PAP. Anna Kacprzak, who’s the press officer of the native police.
On Tuesday night, a number of firefighting items intervened on the energy plant.
Spokesman of the Municipal Police Headquarters in Jaworzno, Capt. Łukasz Dyl knowledgeable on Wednesday morning that firefighters had been nonetheless finishing up actions associated to eradicating the consequences of the hearth. He defined that the oil casing had been delivered to working temperature and that technicians had been going to open it and examine it, due to this fact the help of firefighters was vital.
The prosecutor’s workplace is ready for findings concerning the hearth in Jaworzno
The District Prosecutor’s Workplace in Jaworzno has not but decided concerning the investigation into the hearth. He’s ready for the companies’ findings.
The 910 MW unit was launched with a delay in November 2020. Just a few months later it was shut down as a result of faults. It was restarted – additionally with a delay – on the finish of April 2022. It was later quickly shut down twice extra.
The dispute between Tauron and Rafako ended with a settlement
Tauron was in a months-long dispute with Rafako, which constructed an influence unit in Jaworzno value over PLN 6 billion. The contractor claimed that the defects resulted from the insufficient high quality of coal provided to the unit. In the end, the settlement was signed in March 2023.
In March 2024, the corporate introduced that the 910 MW unit had handed all acceptance assessments and was prepared for industrial operation with out restrictions. (PAP)
writer: Patryk Osadnik
