Tarnița – Lăpuștești Hydroelectric Power Station

Tarnița – Lăpuștești Hydroelectric Power Station
Location of Tarnița – Lăpuștești Hydroelectric Power Station in Romania
Country	Romania
Location	Lăpuștești, Râșca, Cluj County
Coordinates	46°42′50″N 23°16′07″E / 46.71389°N 23.26861°E / 46.71389; 23.26861Coordinates: 46°42′50″N 23°16′07″E / 46.71389°N 23.26861°E / 46.71389; 23.26861
Status	Under construction
Construction began	15 June 2008^[1]
Construction cost	Estimated €1.3 billion^[2]^[3]^[4] (US$1.5 billion)
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Someșul Cald River
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Tarnița - Lăpuștești Hydropower Plant is a large hydroelectric pumped-storage project on the Someșul Cald River in Cluj County, Romania. It will be the largest hydro-electric load balancing system in Romania. During the night, when the demand is low and electricity is cheap because of powerplants which generate electricity continuously, such as the Cernavodă nuclear power plant, it will use electricity to pump water up the hill, while during the day, it will use the hydro energy to generate electricity.

Location

The Tarnița - Lăpuștești power station will be located 35 km from Cluj Napoca,^[5] on the left bank of the Someşul Cald River valley in the area of the existing Tarniţa accumulation and the Lăpuşteşti village (Râşca commune).

Power generation

The power station will have four turbines, each capable of producing 250 megawatts, for a total of 1000 megawatts.^[6]

Schedule

Construction work did not start yet. The Romanian state is currently looking for investors. The strategic environmental assessment (SEA) procedure is at the beginning, the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure did not start yet, as the project consultants admitted publicly on the 17.11.2010.

References

High Capacity Power stations in Romania

(more than 100 MW installed capacity)

Thermal	Turceni - 1,650 MW Rovinari - 1,320 MW Mintia-Deva - 1,285 MW Crivina - 990 MW Brazi - 950 MW Petrom Brazi - 860 MW Luduș-Iernut - 800 MW Sărdănești - 700 MW Borzești - 655 MW Brăila - 646 MW Ișalnița - 630 MW Bucharest South - 550 MW Galați - 535 MW Doicești - 320 MW Bucharest West - 310 MW Craiova II - 300 MW Paroșeni - 300 MW Alum Tulcea - 250 MW Borzești II - 250 MW Fântânele - 250 MW Halânga - 247 MW Buzău - 207 MW Oradea - 205 MW Govora - 200 MW Progresu - 200 MW Brazi II - 150 MW Giurgiu - 150 MW Iaşi I - 150 MW Pitești Sud - 136 MW Arad - 112 MW Brașov - 100 MW Grozăvești - 100 MW Iaşi II - 100 MW Holboca - 100 MW Palas - 100 MW Suceava - 100 MW

Hydroelectric	Iron Gate I - 2,192 MW Tarniţa - Lăpuşteşti - 1,000 MW Iron Gate II - 591 MW Lotru-Ciunget - 510 MW Râul Mare - 335 MW Mărişelu - 221 MW Vidraru - 220 MW Bicaz-Stejaru - 210 MW Ruieni - 153 MW Nehoiaşu - 152 MW Oaşa - 150 MW Şugag - 150 MW Remeți - 146 MW Brădişor - 115 MW Tismana - 106 MW

Nuclear	Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant - 1,400 MW

Wind farms	Sinus Holding - 700 MW Fântânele-Cogealac - 600 MW Blackstone - 500 MW Deleni - 500 MW Eolica Cogealac - 448 MW Mărişelu - 300 MW Eolica Sǎcele - 252 MW Eolica Casimcea - 244 MW Văcăreni - 240 MW Verbund Casimcea - 225 MW Green Energy - 200 MW Pechea - 150 MW Sabloal Valea Dacilor - 147 MW EDP Cernavodă - 138 MW Eolica Beidaud - 128 MW Eolica Baia - 126 MW Eolica Sarichioi - 102 MW Gheorgheni - 100 MW

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Tarnița – Lăpuștești Hydroelectric Power Station

Location

Power generation

Schedule

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