Low electicity production at power plants on the Danube
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Head of Mehedinti Branch (southwestern Romania) of Hidroelectrica power plant, Theodor Pavelescu, on Wednesday told Rompres that the hydro power plants on the Danube - Iron Gates I and II - produce 9,000 and 3,000 megawatt per hour.This delicate situation for the Romanian Electricity System is caused by the low flow of the Danube, of 3,000 cubic meters per second, which does not allow the full functioning of the six upgraded hydro aggregates at Iron Gates I, with a total capacity of 1176 ...