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==Background on Plant==
 
==Background on Plant==
The 100 MW power station was planned for Târgu Jiu by Romania's Termoelectrica.<ref>[http://www.platts.com/Products/worldelectricpowerplantsdatabase "World Electric Power Plants Database,"], Platts, September 2013. The database is not available online but can be purchased from Platts.</ref>
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The 100 MW power station was planned for Târgu Jiu by Romania's Termoelectrica. In March 2013 the Ministry of Economy decided to dissolve and liquidate [[Termoelectrica]], given the “impossibility to achieve the object of activity, respectively electricity generation."<ref>[http://www.thediplomat.ro/articol.php?id=4558 "Production capacity for electric power to increase by 20 percent by 2020,"] The Diplomat, Jan 20, 2014.</ref>
 
 
In March 2013 the Ministry of Economy decided to dissolve and liquidate [[Termoelectrica]], given the “impossibility to achieve the object of activity, respectively electricity generation."<ref>[http://www.thediplomat.ro/articol.php?id=4558 "Production capacity for electric power to increase by 20 percent by 2020,"] The Diplomat, Jan 20, 2014.</ref>
 
  
 
==Project Details==
 
==Project Details==

Latest revision as of 01:59, 12 November 2014

{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Romaniaandcoal}} Târgu Jiu Thermal Plant was a proposed 100-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Romania.

Location

The map below shows Târgu Jiu, the approximate location where the plant would be built.

Background on Plant

The 100 MW power station was planned for Târgu Jiu by Romania's Termoelectrica. In March 2013 the Ministry of Economy decided to dissolve and liquidate Termoelectrica, given the “impossibility to achieve the object of activity, respectively electricity generation."[1]

Project Details

  • Sponsor: Termoelectrica
  • Parent company:
  • Developer:
  • Location: Târgu Jiu, Gorj, Romania
  • Coordinates: 45.034167, 23.274722 (approximate)
  • Status: Cancelled
  • Capacity:
    • Unit 1: 50 MW
    • Unit 2: 50 MW
  • Type: Subcritical
  • Start date:
  • Coal Type: Lignite
  • Coal Source:
  • Source of financing:

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