Mărișelu Hydroelectric Power Station

Mărişelu Hydro Power Plant is a large power plant on the Someşul Cald river situated in Romania.

Mărişelu
LocationMărișelu
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsSomeşul Cald
Primary outflowsSomeşul Cald
Basin countriesRomania
Surface area2.4 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Water volume256 million cubic metres (208,000 acre⋅ft)

The project was started and finished in the 1980s and it was made up by the construction of a rockfill dam 92 m high which 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.

See also

  • Porţile de Fier I
  • Porţile de Fier II


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