Nehoiaşu Hydro Power Plant is a large power plant on the
Bâsca 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 in 1998 and it was made up by the construction of a
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 ...
with 8 mobile segments each high, which will be equipped with two vertical turbines, 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 152
MW. The power plant will generate 328
GWh
A kilowatt-hour ( unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units, which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour. Kilowatt-hours are a commo ...
of electricity per year.
See also
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Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station
The Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station (, /Đerdap I) is the largest dam on the Danube river and one of the largest hydro power plants in Europe. It is located on the Iron Gate gorge, between Romania and Serbia.
The Romanian side of the po ...
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Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station
The Iron Gate II (, ) is a large dam on the Danube River, between Romania and Serbia.
Characteristics
The dam is built at the Danube's . The project started in 1977 as a joint-venture between the governments of Romania and Yugoslavia for the ...
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Hydroelectric power stations in Romania
Dams in Romania
Proposed hydroelectric power stations
Proposed renewable energy power stations in Romania
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