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The Turceni Power Station is situated in Gorj County, on the banks of the Jiu River, halfway between the cities of Craiova and Târgu Jiu.
The Iron Gate II is a large dam on the Danube River, between Romania and Serbia.
The Sărdăneşti Power Station will be one of the largest electricity producers in Romania, having 4 groups of 175 MW each totalling an installed capacity of 700 MW and an electricity generation capacity of around 5.3 TW/year.
Romania is the 38th largest energy consumer in the world and the largest in South Eastern Europe as well as an important producer of natural gas, oil and coal in Europe.
The Bucharest West Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Bucharest having 5 generation groups, 4 of 40 MW each commissioned in 1955, and one group of 190 MW commissioned in 2007 having a total electricity generation capacity of 310 MW.
The Iernut Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Iernut, Mureş County having 6 generation groups, 4 of 100 MW and 2 groups of 200 MW having a total electricity generation capacity of 800 MW.
The Işalniţa Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Işalniţa, Dolj County having 2 generating groups of 315 MW each for a total of 630MW of installed capacity. The power station formerly had a total of eight generation groups, three of 50 MW, one of 55 MW, two of 100 MW and two groups of 315 MW for a total of 1,035MW but six of these groups were decommissioned thus leaving only the two 315MW units.
The Brăila Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Brăila, having 7 generation groups, 2 of 3 MW, 1 of 210 MW, 2 of 25 MW, 1 of 50 MW and 1 of 330 MW having a total electricity generation capacity of 856 MW. The power plant also has another 210 MW unit but it is decommissioned. Its two chimneys are 250 metres and 200 metres tall.
The Arad Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Arad, having 2 generation groups of 50 MW each and one generating unit of 12 MW having a total electricity generation capacity of 112 MW.
The Piteşti Sud Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Piteşti, having 2 generation groups of 50 MW each and 3 groups of 12 MW having a total electricity generation capacity of 136 MW.
Rovinari Coal Mine is an open-pit mining exploitation, the largest in Romania, located in Rovinari, Gorj County. The legal entity managing the Rovinari mine is the National Company of Lignite Oltenia which was set up in 1997.
The Iaşi I Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Iaşi, having 4 generation groups, 2 of 50 MW each and 2 of 25 MW having a total electricity generation capacity of 150 MW.
The Brazi Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Brazi, having 9 generation groups, 5 of 50 MW each, 2 of 150 MW and 2 of 200 MW resulting a total electricity generation capacity of 950 MW.
The Halânga Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Halânga, having 7 generation groups, 4 of 25 MW, 2 of 50 MW and 1 of 47 MW having a total electricity generation capacity of 247 MW. The American AES Corporation is also interested in constructing a new 400 MW unit at the station's site worth around US$1.6 billion.
The Giurgiu Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Giurgiu, having 3 generation groups of 50 MW each resulting a total electricity generation capacity of 150 MW.
The Iași II Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Iași, having 2 generation groups of 50 MW each having a total electricity generation capacity of 100 MW.
The Crivina Power Station was a large thermal power plant located in Crivina, near Anina in Caraş-Severin County. It had three generating units of 330 MW each, altogether having a total electricity generating capacity of 990 MW. It was intended to be the first oil shale power station built in Romania. The total cost of the oil shale power plant was around US$1 billion. The Crivina Power Station was supplied with 4 million tonnes of oil shale per year from the nearby Anina Mine.
The Brazi II Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Brazi, having 3 generation groups 50 MW each resulting a total electricity generation capacity of 150 MW.
The Borzeşti II Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Borzeşti, having 5 generation groups of 50 MW each having a total electricity generation capacity of 250 MW.
