Rovinari Power Station

44°54′30″N 23°8′6″E / 44.90833°N 23.13500°E / 44.90833; 23.13500StatusOperationalConstruction began1968Commission date23 June 1972Operator(s)Complexul Energetic OlteniaThermal power station Primary fuelLignitePower generation Units operational2 x 330 MW
1 x 330 MW (refurbishing)Units cancelled1 x 600 MWUnits decommissioned2 x 200 MW
1 x 330 MWNameplate capacity990 MWExternal linksCommonsRelated media on Commons

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The Rovinari Power Station is one of the largest electricity producers in Romania, operating with two units and one mothballed unit of 330 MW each, thus totaling an installed capacity of 990 MW.

The power plant is situated in Gorj County (Southwestern Romania), on the banks of the Jiu River, near Târgu Jiu.

Future extensions

The power plant expansion plans, which would have initially added a new 500 MW unit, then later changed to 600MW with construction work done by China Huadian Engineering^[1] was cancelled.^[2] Other important works include the fitting of several sulfur filters at the existing power groups at a total cost of US$250 million.^[3]

Operations

Unit 5 is currently being modernized until 31 December 2023, after which it will be back in operation.

Plans to decommission unit 3 by December 2022 were postponed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and energy security concerns.^[4] It was finally shutdown on 1 June 2023, and its sulfur filters will be reused for the unit 5 modernization.^[5]

All units will be decommissioned by 2030, according to the plans of reorganization by Complexul Energetic Oltenia.[1]

Unit	Capacity (MW)	Commissioned	Status
Rovinari - 1	200	1972	decommissioned
Rovinari - 2	200	1972	decommissioned
Rovinari - 3	330	1976	decommissioned
Rovinari - 4	330	1976	refurbished,^[6] operational
Rovinari - 5	330	1977	refurbishing
Rovinari - 6	330	1979	operational
Rovinari - 7	600	-	cancelled

References

^ Modernization at Rovinari Power Station (in Romanian)
^ "As Romania's last new coal project is cancelled, a larger gas threat looms". bankwatch.org. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ Rovinari Power Station to be much more eco-friendly (in Romanian)
^ "Romania delays closure of 660MW coal-fired plants to Oct '23". seenews.com. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Anunț oficial: La miezul nopții se opresc definitiv două grupuri pe cărbune de la termocentralele din Oltenia". www.economica.net (in Romanian). 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ Andreescu, Crişan. "Termocentrala Rovinari a repus în funcțiune cel mai modern grup energetic". www.dcnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-06-04.

External links

Official webpage of Rovinari Power Station^[usurped]
Short history of the powerplant (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