Official name Elektrownia Halemba Location Halemba, Ruda Śląska Units operational 200 MW Decommission date 1 April 2012 | Country Poland Status Operational Construction began 1943 | |
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Owner(s) Południowy Koncern Energetyczny S.A. Address 41-706 Ruda Slaska, Poland | ||
Halemba Power Station (Polish: Elektrownia Halemba) is a coal-fueled power plant in Halemba district of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
The construction of the plant begun in 1943, organized by Nazi German administration of occupied Poland, and using forced labor from Auschwitz Concentration Camp. After the war the plant was finished by the authorities in the People's Republic of Poland, and started operation in 1962. Since 2006 it has reduced operation, and was decommissioned on 1 April 2012.
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