The Iernut Power Station is a
thermal power plant
A thermal power station is a type of power station in which heat energy is converted to electrical energy. In a steam-generating cycle heat is used to boil water in a large pressure vessel to produce high-pressure steam, which drives a stea ...
located in
Iernut
Iernut ( hu, Radnót, ) is a town in Mureș County, central Transylvania, Romania. It administers eight villages: Cipău (''Maroscsapó''), Deag (''Marosdég''), Lechința (''Maroslekence''), Oarba de Mureș (''Marosorbó''), Porumbac (''Porumbák ...
,
Mureș County having 2 generation groups, one of 100
MW and one groups of 200, having a total
electricity generation capacity of 300 MW.
In 2007, a contract was signed with
Austrian company
Verbund for the installation of a seventh
electricity generation group of 400 MW at a total cost of US$375 million that will increase the installed capacity of the
power plant to 1,200 MW.
The powerplant is set to be expanded with a new group of 430 MW.
In 2012 the power station was acquired by Romgaz in quantum of the accumulated debt of 150 million euro by the previous owner company, Electrocentrale București.
Romgaz a preluat termocentrala de la Iernut
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Operations
References
Natural gas-fired power stations in Romania
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