Crivina Power Station

Crivina Power Station
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Official nameTermocentrala de la Crivina
CountryRomania
LocationCrivina
Coordinates45°02′1.59″N 21°48′57.69″E / 45.0337750°N 21.8160250°E / 45.0337750; 21.8160250
StatusDecommissioned
Construction began1976
Commission date1983
Decommission date1988
OwnerTermoelectrica
Thermal power station
Primary fuelOil shale
Power generation
Units decommissioned3 x 330 MW
Nameplate capacity990 MW

The Crivina Power Station (Romanian: Termocentrala de la Crivina) was a large thermal power plant located in Crivina, near Anina in Caraș-Severin County. It had three generating units of 330 MW each, altogether having a total electricity generating capacity of 990 MW.[1][2] It was intended to be the first oil shale power station built in Romania.[3] The total cost of the oil shale power plant was around US$1 billion.[4] The Crivina Power Station was supplied with 4 million tonnes of oil shale per year from the nearby Anina Mine.[3]

  1. ^ "Direct Combustion of Oil Shale" (PDF). Pace Synthetic Fuels Report. 19 (1). The Pace Company Consultants & Engineers: 2. March 1982. Retrieved 2012-11-03.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Principalele referinte". Energomontaj (in Romanian). 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  3. ^ a b "Anina - termocentrala muzeu". Adevarul (in Romanian). 2002. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
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