State-of-the-art bioethanol plant

PKN Orlen and Orlen Południe, which owns the Jedlicze refinery, have signed an agreement concerning the construction of the complex and the financing of the investment. This will be the second plant of this type in Europe (the first is in Romania) and the first in Poland. Orlen plans to invest more than PLN 1 billion in a new plant for the production of bioethanol – ethyl alcohol. It is produced from biomass and is an additive to petrol, so it can be used in transport.

“We care about every job. We want investments in roads, water supply, sewage systems and new water intakes to go hand in hand with the jobs being saved,” said the Prime Minister during the visit.

This investment means:

• new jobs and harnessing the potential of agriculture in south-eastern Poland;
• gains for local agriculture – bioethanol will be manufactured from non-food raw materials sourced mainly from Polish farmers, primarily from cereal straw;
• environmentally friendly technologies that reduce CO2 emissions.

Several hundred jobs were saved at the Jedlicze refinery alone

The Prime Minister stressed that unemployment was very high before 2015. He recalled that the Jedlicze refinery was to be closed down at that time. As a consequence, layoffs were to affect more than 200 people.

“Today, we are in the town of Jedlicze, a symbolic town, where more than 200 people were to go on strike. But, after all, such a refinery also provides work for local companies, cooperators and residents,” pointed out the Prime Minister.

As he stressed, this investment perfectly demonstrates the change in policy after 2015. Today, Orlen’s investments go hand in hand with those of the government. Thanks to this, several hundred jobs have been saved here at the Jedlicze refinery.

Transport route from Jedlicze refinery to Jasło-Krosno national road

The Krosno District has received more than PLN 88 million in funding from the Government’s Strategic Investment Programme to build a new road. The road will connect the DK28 in Potok with the Orlen Południe refinery and then with the district road in Jedlicze. The activities will also include the construction of a road viaduct over railway line No. 108 Stróże-Jasło with all the necessary technical infrastructure.

This will translate into a direct connection between the Jedlicze plant and the S19, or Via Carpatia, under construction. HGVs will bypass the centre of Jedlicze, through which there is access to the plant.

“Several months ago, I spoke to the governor of this district. We agreed that an investment in a special link of several kilometres to national road No. 28 would be made here. This is the commitment we are fulfilling. ‘Credibility’ is our middle name,” concluded Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.