Tarniţa - Lăpuşteşti Hydropower Plant

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began=2008-06-15 [ [http://www.standard.ro/articol_52063/hidrocentrala_de_la_tarnita_lapustesti_costa_un_miliard_euro_si_va_fi_finalizata_in_cinci_sase_ani.html Work began on the huge Tarniţa - Lăpuşteşti Hydropower Plant ro icon] ]
cost=Estimated 1 billion Euros [ [http://www.standard.ro/articol_52063/hidrocentrala_de_la_tarnita_lapustesti_costa_un_miliard_euro_si_va_fi_finalizata_in_cinci_sase_ani.html The power plant will cost around 1 billion euros ro icon] ] [ [http://ziuadecluj.eu/action/article?ID=4402 World Bank will finance up to 25 % of the total cost of the project ro icon] ] (1.5 billion U.S. dollars)
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Tarniţa - Lăpuşteşti Hydropower Plant is a large hydroelectic pumped-storage project on the Someşul Cald River in Cluj County, Romania.

It is currently under construction and at completion it will be the largest hydro-electric load balancing system in Romania. During the night, when the demand is low and electricity is cheap because of powerplants which generate electricity continuously, such as the Cernavodă nuclear power plant, it will use electricity to pump water up the hill, while during the day, it will use the hydro energy to generate electricity.

Location

The Tarniţa - Lăpuşteşti power station will be located 35 km from Cluj Napoca [ [http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=11339 Location of the power plant ro icon] ] , on the left shore of the Someşul Cald River valley in the area of the existing Tarniţa accumulation and the Lăpuşteşti village (Râşca commune).

Power generation

The power station will have four turbines, each capable of producing 250 megawatts, for a total of 1000 megawatts [ [http://www.standard.ro/articol_52063/hidrocentrala_de_la_tarnita_lapustesti_costa_un_miliard_euro_si_va_fi_finalizata_in_cinci_sase_ani.html The power plant will have a final power generation capacity of 1000 MW ro icon] ] .

chedule

Construction work began on 15 June 2008. Expectations are that power plant will be completed in 2013 or 2014.

ee also

*Hydro-electricity
*Iron Gate I Hydro Power Plant
*Lotru-Ciunget Hydropower Plant

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