China's Shanghai Electric Group wants to build a coal-fired power plant in the Silesia voivodship in cooperation with Poland's Kompania Węglowa, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reported, citing sources close to the talks.

Joanna Strzelec-Łobodzińska, CEO of Kompania Węglowa, would not confirm the report, saying only that two companies had been shortlisted for the project, both of them Asian.

She added that the company is now selecting the design for the new facility, with the contract expected to be ready by the end of the year.

The planned 900 MW capacity plant would be constructed on the site of the now shuttered Czeczott coal mine. The entire project would cost zł.5 billion and energy production would launch at the facility in 2018.

Poland A.M.