As of 2021 it supplied 5% of Poland's electricity and is the sole provider of heat and hot water to hospitals, schools and homes in Bogatynia.

PGE undertook a US$1.6 billion modernization of units 1-6 of the plant in the early 1990s.

A new 496 MW unit (Unit 11) built by a consortium of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GmbH (MHPSE), Budimex S.A. and Técnicas Reunidas, SA was brought online in May 2021.

[4][5][6] In a WWF report published in May 2007, the power plant was recognized as the largest greenhouse gas emitter in Poland and eighth in Europe in terms of emissions.

[7] In 2019, lignite burned at the plant produced 5.5m tonnes of CO2, making it the fifth largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Poland.