The reason for the hearth on the Jaworzno energy plant was not a legal occasion – in response to police findings. The hearth broke out on Tuesday night.
Companies on the scene of the hearth on the 910 MW energy unit of the Jaworzno Energy Plant /Michał Meissner /PAP
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 fireplace and the hearth was rapidly extinguished. The block was closed for security causes.
It was not a legal incident (…) There was a leak within the oil pipe. When the oil acquired contained in the fan, it triggered spontaneous combustion – mentioned senior sergeant. Anna Kacprzak, who’s the press officer of the native police.
On Tuesday night, a number of firefighting models 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 test it, due to this fact the help of firefighters was obligatory.
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. A couple of months later it was shut down as a consequence of faults. It was restarted – additionally with a delay – on the finish of April 2022. It was later briefly shut down twice extra.
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. Finally, 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.
