Romanian hydropower producer Hidroelectrica inaugurated on June 26 a micro hydropower plant built at the Poiana Rusca dam in Caras-Severin county.
The HPP, which has a capacity of 0.2 MW, required an investment of 5.79 million lei (1.16 million euro), of which 2.3 million lei was financed through the European Economic Area (EEA) and Norwegian Grants programme for the 2014 – 2021 period, marking the first project that Hidroelectrica develops using external co-financing, the company said in a press release on Thursday.
The micro HPP will generate 1.5 GWh of green electricity annually using the water flow pushed downstream of the Poiana Rusca dam.
“The project was executed with the contribution of the two partners, Uzinsider General Contractor S.A. and the equipment manufacturer WWS Wasserkraft GmbH, according to the contract signed on January 26, 2023. Also, on August 10, 2023, the contract for the connection to the national energy system was signed with Comranado SRL,” Hidroelectrica noted.
