Brădișor Dam

Dam in Brădişor, Romania

Brădişor Dam

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Location	Brădişor
Coordinates	45°21′18′′N 24°06′18′′E / 45.3550°N 24.1050°E / 45.3550; 24.1050
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Lotru
Primary outflows	Lotru
Basin countries	Romania
Surface area	1 km² (0.39 sq mi)
Water volume	39 million cubic metres (32,000 acre⋅ft)

Brădişor Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Lotru River situated in Romania.

The project was started and finished in the 1980s and it was made up by the construction of a rockfill with a clay core dam 30 metres (98 ft) high which was equipped with two vertical turbines, Brădişor Hydro Power Plant having an installed capacity of 115 MW.

The dam generates 223 GWh of electricity per year.

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High capacity power stations in Romania

(more than 100 MW installed capacity)

Thermal

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