Mintia-Deva power station

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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Romaniaandcoal}} Mintia-Deva Power Station is a 865-megawatt (MW) power station in Romania.

In 2012 Mintia-Deva was merged with the the Paroseni power station to become the Hunedoara Energy Complex.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the power station in Deva.

Background

The power station is controlled by Termoelectrica's Electrocentrale Deva, a state-owned company. The construction works started in 1966. The plant has 5 identical groups of 210 MW each and one of 235 MW, totaling a capacity of 1,285 MW. The units were commissioned from 1969 to 1978. Unit no. 1 was withdrawn from operation in 2012, and unit 2 in 2015, leaving 865 MW of capacity operating.[1]

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References

  1. Deva Power Station, Electrocentrale Deva website, accessed May 2014.

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