Ișalnița Power Station

The Işalniţa Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Işalniţa, Dolj County having 1 generating unit of 315 MW. The power station formerly had a total of eight generation groups, three of 50 MW, one of 55 MW, two of 100 MW and two groups of 315 MW for a total of 1,035 MW but seven of these groups were decommissioned thus leaving only one 315 MW unit (Unit 7).

Işalniţa Power Station
Country	Romania
Location	Işalniţa, Dolj County
Coordinates	44°23′15″N 23°43′5″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1968
Owner(s)	Complexul Energetic Oltenia
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite, natural gas
Power generation
Units operational	1 x 315 MW
Units planned	1 x 850 MW
Units decommissioned	1 x 315 MW
Nameplate capacity	315 MW
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A consortium formed by Alstom, Sumitomo and IHI Corporation was commissioned to upgrade the 315 MW group to 345 MW each at a total cost of US$315 million.[1]

There were plans to add another generating group of 500 MW at Işalniţa Power Station[2] at a cost of US$750 million.

The recovery and resilience plan for Romania included decommisioning of Unit 8, which was achieved in 2021.[3]

There are plans with Alro Slatina for construction of a new unit of 850 MW that will use only natural gas. [4]

The tallest chimney of the power station is 200 metres tall.