Hydroelectric power plant in Włocławek

Slope: 8.80 m Number of hydrosets: 6 Turbine type: Kaplan turbine Installed power: 160.2 MW Installed gulp: 2190 m3/sec Average production: 739 GWh/a After the construction of the water barrage and the entire power plant in 1970, the dam was planned to operate for 10-15 years.

During this time, in the lower part of the Vistula River, another dams (hydroelectric power plants) were to be built.

In order to prevent the dam from collapsing, it was planned to build a hydroelectric power plant in Nieszawa, which would relieve the burden of the outdated structure.

[6] In 2012, the proposal for this location was withdrawn, and it was finally decided that an additional dam (power plant) would be built in Siarzewo, on the 708th kilometer of the Vistula river.

[11][12][13] The reservoir was built on the area of the former natural river system, which can still be found on the Vistula between Wyszogród and Płock.

Flooding of this part of the river caused the loss of many valuable habitats of plants and animals residing in this type of environment.

One of the many effects of the construction was the fact that it made almost impossible for anadromous fish to wander up the Vistula river basin.

[14] In addition to the negative effects of the construction of the power plant, positive environmental changes should also be noted in the areas surrounding the dam.

It is commonly assumed that the energy coming from the dam is clean in the sense of no emission of poisonous or greenhouse gases.