Mărişelu Hydro Power Plant is a large power plant on the
Someșul Cald
The Someșul Cald ( Hungarian: ''Meleg-Szamos''; literally "Warm Someș") is the left headwater of the river Someșul Mic in Romania
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river situated in
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
.
The project was started and finished in the 1970s and it was made up by the construction of a rockfill
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, aqua ...
high and long at the top. From the reservoir, the water is diverted through a tunnel to the plant.
The project was equipped with three hydrounits, the
hydropower
Hydropower (from Ancient Greek -, "water"), also known as water power or water energy, is the use of falling or fast-running water to Electricity generation, produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by energy transformation, ...
plant having an installed capacity of 221
MW.
The power plant generates 560
GWh of electricity per year.
See also
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Porţile de Fier I
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Porţile de Fier II
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Description
Hydroelectric power stations in Romania
Dams in Romania
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