Country: | Romania |
Location: | Mărișel, Cluj County |
Construction Began: | 1970 |
Res Capacity Total: | 256e6m3 |
Res Surface: | 2.4km2 |
Plant Name: | Mărișelu Hydroelectric Power Station |
Plant Coordinates: | 46.7322°N 23.3508°W |
Plant Capacity: | 221 |
Mărişelu Hydro Power Plant is a large power plant on the Someșul Cald river situated in Romania.[1]
The project was started and finished in the 1970s and it was made up by the construction of a rockfill dam high and long at the top. From the reservoir, the water is diverted through a tunnel to the plant.[2] The project was equipped with three hydrounits, the hydropower plant having an installed capacity of 221 MW.
The power plant generates 560 GWh of electricity per year.