- Crivina Power Station
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Crivina Power Station Location Crivina Status Defunct Commission date 1976 Decommission date 1988 Power station information Primary fuel oil shale Generation units 3 Power generation information Maximum capacity 990 MW The Crivina Power Station was a large thermal power plant located in Crivina, near Anina in Caraş-Severin County at 45°02′1.59″N 21°48′57.69″E / 45.033775°N 21.816025°E that had three generating units of 330 MW each, altogether having a total electricity generating capacity of 990 MW.[1] It was intended to be the first oil shale power station built in Romania.[2] The total cost of the oil shale power plant was around US$ 1 billion.[3] The Crivina Power Station was supplied with 4 million tonnes of oil shale per year from the nearby Anina mine.[4]
History
At the beginning of the 1970s Nicolae Ceauşescu, then President of Romania, decided to build a large thermal power station in Caraş-Severin County to exploit the large oil shale deposits located in the area.[5] At first the power station was intended to be built in Ticvaniu Mic commune, now part of the Ticvaniu Mare commune, near Oraviţa but the chosen site had a very small water supply that was not sufficient for the power station.[5] In 1976 a new location was found at Crivina, located in the mountains near Anina. In 1983 the construction of the power station was complete and the first 330 MW electric power generation unit was put online. The turbine could not reach its highest potential capacity due to the low quality of the oil shale deposits.[5] The communist regime also built a town that was used to house the power station's workers. It was intended to have 10,000 inhabitants, and a part of Anina had to move to this new location to make way for oil shale surface mines.[5]
The first of the three power generation units was completed in 1983, and in 1984 generated its first electricity from burning oil shale.[3] The unit functioned only around 2000 hours per year between 1984 and 1988 until it was shut down.[3] The station also had a 220 metres (720 ft) tall chimney that was at the time Romania's second tallest.[3]
References
- ^ "Principalele referinte" (in Romanian). Energomontaj. 2009. http://www.scribd.com/doc/3283429/Energomontaj-IEA-Bucuresti. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "Anina - termocentrala muzeu" (in Romanian). Adevarul. 2002. http://www.adevarul.ro/actualitate/Anina-termocentrala-muzeu_0_16799535.html. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ a b c d "Mult zgomot pentru nimic" (in Romanian). Caras Online. 2009. http://www.caon.ro/stiri/caras/articol/mult-zgomot-pentru-nimic/cn/news-20090330-04474486. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "Anina - termocentrala muzeu" (in Romanian). Adevarul. 2002. http://www.adevarul.ro/actualitate/Anina-termocentrala-muzeu_0_16799535.html. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ a b c d "Oraşul frigului" (in Romanian). apropo.ro. 2001. http://www.apropo.ro/news/util/orasul-frigului-2224837. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
High Capacity Power stations in Romania (more than 100 MW installed capacity) Thermal Turceni - 2,310 MW · Rovinari - 1,420 MW · Mintia-Deva - 1,285 MW · Ișalnița - 1,035 MW · Crivina - 990 MW · Brazi - 950 MW · Petrom Brazi - 860 MW · Luduș-Iernut - 800 MW · Sărdănești - 700 MW · Borzești - 655 MW · Brăila - 646 MW · Bucharest South - 550 MW · Galați - 535 MW · Doicești - 320 MW · Bucharest West - 310 MW · Craiova II - 300 MW · Paroșeni - 300 MW · Borzești II - 250 MW · Fântânele - 250 MW · Halânga - 247 MW · Buzău - 207 MW · Oradea - 205 MW · Govora - 200 MW · Progresu - 200 MW · Alum Tulcea - 150 MW · Brazi II - 150 MW · Giurgiu - 150 MW · Iaşi I - 150 MW · Pitești Sud - 136 MW · Arad - 112 MW · Brașov - 100 MW · Grozăvești - 100 MW · Iaşi II - 100 MW · Holboca - 100 MW · Palas - 100 MW · Suceava - 100 MWHydroelectric Iron Gate I - 2,192 MW · Tarniţa - Lăpuşteşti - 1,000 MW · Iron Gate II - 591 MW · Lotru-Ciunget - 510 MW · Râul Mare - 335 MW · Mărişelu - 221 MW · Vidraru - 220 MW · Bicaz-Stejaru - 210 MW · Ruieni - 153 MW · Nehoiaşu - 152 MW · Oaşa - 150 MW · Şugag - 150 MW · Remeţi - 146 MW · Brădişor - 115 MW · Tismana - 106 MWNuclear Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant - 1,400 MWWind farms Sinus Holding - 700 MW · Fântânele-Cogealac - 600 MW · Blackstone - 500 MW · Deleni - 500 MW · Eolica Cogealac - 448 MW · Mărişelu - 300 MW · Eolica Sǎcele - 252 MW · Eolica Casimcea - 244 MW · Văcăreni - 240 MW · Green Energy - 200 MW · Verbund Casimcea - 150 MW · Sabloal Valea Dacilor - 147 MW · EDP Cernavodă - 138 MW · Eolica Beidaud - 128 MW · Eolica Baia - 126 MW · Eolica Sarichioi - 102 MW · Gheorgheni - 100 MWCategories:- Natural gas-fired power stations in Romania
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