The Cuciurgan power station ( ro, Termocentrala de la Cuciurgan, russian: Молдавская ГРЭС, translit=Moldavskaya GRES) is the largest
power station of
Moldova, located in
Dnestrovsc
Dnestrovsc ( ro, Nistrovsc; russian: Днестрóвск, Dnestrovsk; uk, Дністровськ, Dnistrovs'k) is a town in southern Moldova, near the border with Ukraine. It is at the shores of the Cuciurgan Reservoir and is home to the Cuciur ...
,
Transnistria, on the shores of the
Cuciurgan Reservoir
The Cuciurgan Reservoir ( ro, Cuciurgan; Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: ''Kuchurhan'') is a large water reservoir, built on Kuchurhan River on the state border between Ukraine and Moldova.
The lake is located in the south-eastern part of the Admi ...
bordering
Ukraine. It was commissioned on 26 September 1964 and produces about 83% of Moldova's electricity.
Technical features
The power stations has installed capacity of 2,520 MW. It is fueled by
natural gas,
fuel oil
Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil). Such oils include distillates (the lighter fractions) and residues (the heavier fractions). Fuel oils include heavy fuel oil, marine fuel oil (MFO), bun ...
and
coal.
The plant produces some 75% of Moldova's electricity needs.
In November 2008, Inter RAO UES and Moldelectrica signed an agreement to separate some power units in the power station from the
IPS/UPS system and synchronize them with the
synchronous grid of Continental Europe in
Romania through the 400 kV
Kuchurhan–
Vulcănești and Vulcănești–
Isaccea transmission lines.
Operation
The power station is operated by Moldavskaya GRES, a subsidiary of
Inter RAO UES. It is the largest power company in an area comprising
Moldova and southern
Ukraine. The company exports power to Ukraine,
Romania and
Russia. It was privatized in 2004 by Transnistrian authorities, but official Moldova does not recognize this privatization.
Moldovan Privatization Law Completion
References
External links
Company website
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Companies of Transnistria
Coal-fired power stations in Moldova
Natural gas-fired power stations in Moldova
Oil-fired power stations in Moldova
Power stations built in the Soviet Union
Inter RAO
Chimneys in Moldova
1964 establishments in the Soviet Union