The Șugag Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the river
SebeÈ™
Sebeș (; German: ''Mühlbach''; Hungarian: ''Szászsebes''; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Melnbach'') is a city in Alba County, central Romania, southern Transylvania.
Geography
The city lies in the MureÈ™ River valley and straddles the rive ...
situated in
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
. It creates the reservoir Lake Tău Bistra. The project was started and finished in the 1980s and it was made up by the construction of a
double arched concrete
dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
measuring high. The facility generates power by utilizing two
turbines
A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek , ''tyrbē'', or Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful Work (physics), work. The work produced by a turbine can be used ...
, totalling the installed capacity to , and generating of electricity annually.
See also
*
List of power stations in Romania
This is a list of the main thermal power plants in Romania which at the end of 2006 had a total generating capacity of 11.335 MW.
Coal/Oil/Gas
Hydroelectric
Nuclear
Wind farms
Solar farms
See also
* Energy in Romania
*List ...
External links
Description
Dams in Romania
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