Romag Termo power station
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Romaniaandcoal}} The Romag Termo Power Station, also known as the Drobeta power station, is a 240-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Mehedinti, Romania.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the power station in Halanga, 5 km North-East away from Drobeta Turnu Severin town, on 67 DN national route connecting Drobeta Turnu Severin and Tg. Jiu cities.
Background
The power station consisted of six units commissioned from 1986 to 1988. Units 2-3 of 50 MW each were retired in 2008, leaving four units of 60 MW each, or 240 MW total. It is owned by the Romania Authority for Nuclear Activities (RAAN), a Government Business Enterprise.[1]
Expansion plans
There are plans to increase the capacity of Romag Termo Power Station to 600 MW, as well as construction of a new 400 MW coal gasification plant at the site, for a total capacity of 1,000 MW. The estimated duration for full project implementation was 2011 to 2015.[2] The project is planned by the Romania Authority for Nuclear Activities (RAAN), a Government Business Enterprise.[2]
In 2014 the Romanian government said China Power Energy would start building a 290 MW power plant at Halanga that year, and would modernize the infrastructure of the lignite mine in the Husnicioara coalfield, which would supply coal for the power station.[3]
However, according to local campaigners in Romania, plant sponsor R.A. Activitati Nucleare has entered insolvency, and plans to build the new plant have been frozen since 2014.[4]
Project Details of expansion
- Sponsor: Sucursala Romag-Termo
- Parent company: R.A. Activitati Nucleare
- Developer:
- Location: Halânga, Izvoru Bârzii, Mehedinti, Romania
- Coordinates: 44.6778084, 22.6859951 (exact)
- Status: Cancelled[5]
- Capacity: 725 MW expansion
- Type:
- Start date:
- Coal Type: Lignite
- Coal Source: Husnicioara coalfield
- Source of financing:
Resources and articles
References
- ↑ "General Overview of ROMAG-TERMO Power Plant," RAAN, accessed June 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Concerning the Investment Project Halanga Thermal Power Plant Modernization and Development: ROMAG TERMO Subsidiary of Romanian Authority for Nuclear Activities," Romania Ministry of Economy, accessed Feb 2013.
- ↑ "Deputy Traicu thinks that project of Halanga thermoelectric power station aroused Chinese investors' interest," Agerpres, 9 Mar 2014
- ↑ Conversation with Bankwatch, Romania, Oct 2015
- ↑ If a project is on hold for two years without further activity, the Global Coal Plant Tracker considers it to be cancelled or abandoned.
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