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Kuchurgan power station Location of Kuchurgan power station
Official name Moldavskaya GRES Country Moldova Location Dnestrovsc, Transnistria Coordinates 46°38′3″N 29°56′20″E / 46.63417°N 29.93889°ECoordinates: 46°38′3″N 29°56′20″E / 46.63417°N 29.93889°E Commission date 26 September 1964 Owner(s) Inter RAO Power station information Primary fuel natural gas, fuel oil, coal Generation units 12 Power generation information Installed capacity 2,520 MW Kuchurgan power station (Romanian: Termocentrala de la Cuciurgan, Russian: Молдавская ГРЭС, Moldavskaya GRES) is the largest power station of Moldova, located in Dnestrovsc, Transnistria, on the shores of Lake Cuciurgani bordering Ukraine. It was commissioned on 26 September 1964.
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Technical features
The power stations has installed capacity of 2,520 MW. It is fueled by natural gas, fuel oil and coal.[1] In November 2008, Inter RAO UES and Moldelectrica signed an agreement to separate some power units in the power station from the IPS/UPS system and synchronize them with the synchronous grid of Continental Europe in Romania through the 400 kV Kuchurgan–Vulcăneşti and Vulcăneşti–Isaccea transmission lines.[2]
Operation
The power station is operated by Moldavskaya GRES, a subsidiary of Inter RAO UES. It is the largest power company in an area comprising Moldova and southern Ukraine. The company exports power to Ukraine, Romania and Russia. It was privatized in 2004 by Transnistrian authorities, but official Moldova does not recognize this privatization.[3]
References
- ^ "Assets Management - Inter RAO UES". Inter RAO UES. http://www.interrao.ru/eng/busines/actives/. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ "Moldova and Russia agree to raise power exports to Romania". Reporter.md (Moldova.org). 2008-11-17. http://economie.moldova.org/news/moldova-and-russia-agree-to-raise-power-exports-to-romania-165588-eng.html. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ Moldovan Privatization Law Completion (Romanian)
External links
Categories:- Companies of Transnistria
- Coal-fired power stations in Moldova
- Natural gas-fired power stations in Moldova
- Oil-fired power stations in Moldova
- Power stations built in the Soviet Union
- Inter RAO
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