Râul Mare - Retezat Hydro Power Plant

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Râul Mare Hydro Power Plant is a large power plant on Râul Mare River, a river situated in Romania.

The project was started and finished in the 1980s and it was made up by the construction of a rockfill with a clay core dam 168 m high which was equipped with two hydrounits, the hydropower plant having an installed capacity of 335 MW.

The power plant generates 650 GWh of electricity per year.

External links

* [http://www.hidroelectrica.ro/index_en.html Description] ro icon

ee also

*Porţile de Fier I
*Porţile de Fier II