Doicești Power Station

The Doiceşti Power Station was a large thermal power plant located in Doicești, with seven generation groups, six of twenty MW each and two of 200 MW resulting in a total electricity generation capacity of 520 MW.[1] It used Lignite as main fuel supplemented by Natural gas .

Doiceşti Power Station
CountryRomania
LocationDoicești
Coordinates45.0029°N 25.3972°E / 45.0029; 25.3972
StatusDecommissioned
Commission date1953
Owner(s)Nova Power&Gas
Power generation
Units cancelled2 x 250 MW
Units decommissioned6 x 20 MW
2 x 200 MW

The chimney used by the 200 MW units was 208 metres tall. It was demolished to clear the site for the new project using a Small modular reactor. [2]

Operations
Unit Commissioned Capacity(MW) Status
Doicești - 1 20 decommissioned
Doicești - 2 20 decommissioned
Doicești - 3 20 decommissioned
Doicești - 4 20 decommissioned
Doicești - 5 20 decommissioned
Doicești - 6 20 decommissioned
Doicești - 7 200 decommissioned
Doicești - 8 - 200 decommissioned
Doicești - 9 - 250 cancelled
Doicești - 10 - 250 cancelled

Extension plans

In 2011 Termoelectrica, the owner of the powerplant, and China Huadian Engineering agreed to build two new units of 250 MW each.[3] The extension was cancelled in 2014 after the dissolution of Termoelectrica.[4]

Doicești location was selected to implement NuScale Power VOYGR-6 model of a nuclear power plant that will deploy six SMRs of 77 MW each with a total capacity of 462 MW. [5][6] For this project Nuclearelectrica formed a new company RoPower, with equal shares with the plant owner Nova Power&Gas. RoPower signed the contract with NuScale Power for phase 1 of front-end engineering and design. [7]

References
  1. Centrala Termoelectrica Doiceşti
  2. "Demolare spectaculoasă la Doicești. În locul turnurilor dinamitate se va construi prima centrală atomică modulară din Europa". Stirileprotv.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  3. "China, interested in investing in thermal power plant at Doicesti". actmedia.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  4. "Investments: Russian tycoon to invest in Romanian coal power plants?". Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  5. Review, Energy Industry (2022-05-24). "First Small Modular Reactor in Romania to Be Installed in Doicesti". Energy Industry Review. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  6. Despa, Oana (2022-06-28). "Prima centrală cu mini reactor nuclear din Europa va fi la Doicești, Dâmbovița. Cum funcționează o centrală SMR". Europa Liberă România (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  7. "Doicești - România semnează cu proprietarul american al tehnologiei pentru mini-reactoare". Profit.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-06-05.


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