| Turceni Power Station | |
|---|---|
 Plant south cooling towers and all smokestacks viewed from the east | |
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| Official name | Complexul Energetic Turceni |
| Country | Romania |
| Location | Gorj County |
| Coordinates | 44°40′11″N 23°24′28″E / 44.66972°N 23.40778°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1978 |
| Operator(s) | Complexul Energetic Oltenia |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Lignite |
| Cooling source | Jiu River 7 × natural draft cooling towers |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 330 MW 2 × 330 MW (mothballed) |
| Units cancelled | 1 × 330 MW |
| Units decommissioned | 3 × 330 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,320 MW |
| Annual net output | 7,367 GW·h (2011) |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Turceni Power Station is situated in Gorj County (South-Western Romania), on the banks of the Jiu River, halfway between the cities of Craiova and Târgu Jiu.
It is Romania's largest electricity producer and one of the largest thermal power plants in Europe, having 4 units of 330 MW net each. But only 2 units are operational, with the other 2 being mothballed thus totalling a capacity of 1230 MW.[1] An eighth unit was not completed, and in fact was dismantled. Unit 6, was refurbished and mothballed awaiting modernization.
The power station uses coal from the Jilț Coal Mine and the Tehomir underground mine.[2]
The power plant has four smokestacks, each one 280 metres (920 ft) tall.
- ^ "Anunț oficial: La miezul nopții se opresc definitiv două grupuri pe cărbune de la termocentralele din Oltenia". Economica.net (in Romanian). 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
- ^ "General data". www.eturceni.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2017.