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Power plant in Hunedoara County, Romania

Paroșeni Power Plant

Country	Romania
Location	Hunedoara county
Coordinates	45°54′48″N 22°49′32″E / 45.91333°N 22.82556°E / 45.91333; 22.82556
Status	Operational
Construction began	1952
Commission date	1956
Operator	Complexul Energetic Hunedoara
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Bituminous coal
Power generation


Units operational	1 x 150 MW
Units decommissioned	3 x 50 MW
Nameplate capacity	150 MW
Capacity factor	130 MW
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The Paroșeni Power Station is a large electricity producer and one of the largest thermal power plants in Romania with one unit and an installed capacity of 150 MW. The powerplant used to have 3 more units of 50 MW each but they were decommissioned.

The power plant is situated in the Hunedoara County (central-western Romania), on the banks of the Jiu River.

Operations

Units 1, 2 and 3 were decommissioned in 2009 due to not meeting environmental standards for pollution.

Unit	Commissioned	Capacity (MW)	Status
Paroșeni - 1	1956	50	decommissioned
Paroșeni - 2	1957-1959	50	decommissioned
Paroșeni - 3	1957-1959	50	decommissioned
Paroșeni - 4	1964	150	refurbished, operational

References

^ "Termocentrala Paroşeni, mega-proiectul secret al României anilor '50, dezvăluit de CIA". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
Mihai, Mihaela (2021-04-15). "65 de ani de la pornirea Termocentralei Paroșeni - Gazeta de dimineata" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-06-03.

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Description (in Romanian)

High capacity power stations in Romania

(more than 100 MW installed capacity)

Thermal

Coal and oil	Turceni - 1,320 MW Rovinari - 990 MW Ișalnița - 315 MW Craiova II - 300 MW Borzești II - 250 MW Halânga - 247 MW Oradea - 205 MW Paroșeni - 150 MW Giurgiu - 150 MW Pitești Sud - 136 MW Arad - 112 MW Brașov - 100 MW Suceava - 100 MW

Natural gas	Petrom Brazi - 860 MW Borzești - 655 MW Bucharest South - 550 MW Galați - 535 MW Bucharest West - 310 MW Iernut - 300 MW Alum Tulcea - 250 MW Fântânele - 250 MW Buzău - 207 MW Govora - 200 MW Progresu - 200 MW Iaşi I - 150 MW Brazi II - 150 MW Brazi - 130 MW Grozăvești - 100 MW Iaşi II - 100 MW Holboca - 100 MW Palas - 100 MW Mintia-Deva

Hydroelectric

Iron Gate I - 1,168 MW
Tarnița – Lăpuștești - 1,000 MW
Iron Gate II - 591 MW
Lotru-Ciunget - 510 MW
Râul Mare - 335 MW
Mărișelu - 221 MW
Vidraru - 220 MW
Bicaz-Stejaru - 210 MW
Ruieni - 153 MW
Nehoiașu - 152 MW
Oașa - 150 MW
Șugag - 150 MW
Remeți - 146 MW
Brădișor - 115 MW
Tismana - 106 MW

Nuclear

Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant - 1,300 MW

Wind farms

Sinus Holding - 700 MW
Fântânele-Cogealac - 600 MW
Blackstone - 500 MW
Deleni - 500 MW
Eolica Cogealac - 448 MW
Mărişelu - 300 MW
Eolica Săcele - 252 MW
Eolica Casimcea - 244 MW
Văcăreni - 240 MW
Verbund Casimcea - 225 MW
Green Energy - 200 MW
Pechea - 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 MW

Solar parks

Arad 1 - 1044 MW
CEF Nadab 1 - 363 MW
CEF Nadab 2 - 302 MW
CEF Bucșsani - 221 MW
CEF Corbii Mari - 217 MW
CEF Iepurești - 165 MW
Rătești - 155 MW
CEF Vadeni 1 - 145 MW
CEF Vadeni 2 - 145 MW
CEF Calugăreni 2 - 121 MW
CEF Dobra - 117 MW
CEF Vacarești - 108 MW

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