Hidroelectrica company to cut this year’s energy delivery to half due to low river flows
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Hidroelectrica company will cut this year’s energy deliveries to half due to the low flows of the Danube River, the inland rivers and the low level of the reservoirs.The Portile de Fier (Iron Gates) hydro-power station, on the Danube, is currently producing by 22 percent less energy because of the low river levels. 'The Danube flow is about 4,000 cubic meters a second at present, compared to the January usual average of 5,100,' Hidroelectrica officials said, explaining that if the river ...