Romania Restarts Coal Plant as Danube Drought Forces Nuclear Shutdown
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Romania Restarts Coal Plant as Danube Drought Forces Nuclear Shutdown
Romania has this week restarted a 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant to partially offset the generation lost by the closure of nuclear electricity output after the low water level on the Danube river forced a shutdown of the country’s only nuclear power plant. Romania, which lost 20% of its power generation with the closure of both rectors at its Cernavoda nuclear power plant, has restarted the Rovinari Group 4 coal-fired power unit. The additi…
An emergency committee meets today from 10.00 a.m. to discuss in detail the situation of the energy crisis in Romania, after stopping the reactors at Cernavoda. Rovinari Group 4 has been reopened, but coal reserves can only cover the lack of energy for up to 5 days.
The Secretary of State in the Ministry of Energy, Cristian Bușoi, said on Monday, live at Digi24, that Group 4 of the Rovinari coal-fired power station will go into operation to reduce energy imports, in the context of high temperatures and increased consumption. He said that "there are nearly 300 megawatts that will enter the National Energy System and that coal stocks are enough for this week.
The Parosheni Thermocentre has also been reopened, since Monday, together with Group 4 of Rovinari, in order to help increase the capacity available for the production of electricity, announced, Tuesday, the Ministry of Energy. "Since yesterday (Mondays – n.r.), were put into operation Group 4 of Rovinari, as well as the group of [...]
Bogdan Ivan, former minister at Energiei and Visitat luni centrala pe cărbune de la Rovinari, who repus în funcțiune Grupul 4. The former Secretary General of the Government announced the victory of the PSD and the criticism of the interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan. Monday, starting at 2:30 p.m., Grupul 4 de la Rovinari introduced into the national energy system for carbon energy, announced by Bogdan Ivan. Fostul Ministru PSD spune că objectiv…
Romania is again based on coal after stopping the reactors at Cernavoda, and at Rovinari the stock available reaches for about 7-8 days. Jan Popescu, the leader of the Oltenia Energy Union, says...
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