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