Polands PGE begins 200 million gas engine project to end coal use at Kraków plant by 2028

Poland’s PGE Energia Ciepła has broken ground on a 866 million złoty ($200 million) gas engine system at the Kraków heat and power plant, a key step in its 2.9 billion złoty plan to eliminate coal use at the facility by 2028.
The project, awarded to a consortium of Polish firms Unibep and SBB Energy, will install 10 gas engines with a combined capacity of 100 MWe and 100 MWt, covering roughly 20 percent of Kraków’s district heating demand. Completion is scheduled for 2028, with peak construction employing up to 450 workers.
The new system will reduce coal consumption by about 200,000 tons annually, down from the current 700,000–800,000 tons delivered by rail each year. PGE Energia Ciepła president Dariusz Lubera said the Kraków plant already supplies 70 percent of the city’s district heating, underscoring the scale of the transition. Energy Minister Miłosz Motyka linked the investment to Poland’s Heat Sector Transformation Strategy through 2040, framing it as part of a long-term process balancing supply security, cost control, and infrastructure modernization .
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