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Have a power industry that meets international standards;
Respect the environmental protection norms set by the legislation for E.U. integration;
Allocate financial resources and stimulate investments in a way that will reduce the impact on the
environment;
Increase power efficiency.
b) Production of Electric and Thermal Power
THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS:
The existing capacity (see Table 5.1), the production of resources, and the level of usage of the
existing capacities in power stations, in 1998. The independent producers currently have the capacity
to produce an extra 850 MW of power. Demand for electric power fell to 6,074 MW in 1998.
Installed capacity and average power
produced in CONEL power stations , 1998
Table 5.1
Installed capacity Average electric power
produced
Level of
use
MW % MW % %
TOTAL 17,657 100 5,975 100 33.8
Thermal power station with coal 6,794 38.5 1,832 30.7 27.0
Thermoelectric power stations
4,221 23.9 1,297 21.7 30.7
hydrocarbons
Hydroelectric power stations 5,942 33.7 2,146 35.9 36.1
The nuclear electric power stations 700 3.96 700 11.7 100
Source: CONEL
Main Achievements of Power Plants under CONEL Jurisdiction:
According to CONEL reports, the average total cost of production in 1998 was approximately
190,000 lei/MWh, when supplied.
The efficiency output of thermoelectric power stations is 33%, lower than the current international
output for coal power stations (for example, approximately 38% in Great Britain). The use of
obsolescent installations, low-quality fuels and the necessary activities of maintenance, as well as the
sharp drop in demand for electric and thermal power, determine the low level of performance of the
power stations administered by CONEL.
Table 5.2
The production of primary power resources of Romania, 1998
Thousand tones c.c. (coal equivalent 7000 kcal/kg.)
Net coal 7,229.8
Oil 8,719.8
Usable natural gases 16,184.5
Hydroelectric and nuclear electric power 2,974.7
Source: Statistic Bulletin No. 1/1999
In 1995, the level of polluting emissions generated by the activities of the power sector was of
51,536 tons, i.e., over 95% of which being CO 2 and about 2% being SO 2 (Source: Black Sea Energy
Centre, Energy Review of Romania, 1999). For the year 2010 it is estimated that pollution will be as low
as 34,000 tons if the first reactor block and, depending on financial resources and the CONEL's
investment plan, the second reactor block at NPP Cernavoda, will be operational.
NUCLEAR POWER
Currently, Romania produces electric power with the help of nuclear power at reactor No. 1
located in Cernavoda, with a degree of charge at 85%.
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