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Halemba Power Station

Ruda Śląska, Poland

The 2072nd largest power station in the world

200 MW · Capacity

Halemba Power Station (Polish: Elektrownia Halemba) is a coal-fueled power plant in Halemba district of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. 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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