Romania and coal

{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Romaniaandcoal}} The U.S. Geological Service reports that in 2007 coal mining in Romania dropped substantially as a result of the need to withdraw subsidies in order to comply with European Union guidelines.

Coal mining

The USGS estimates that Romania mined approximately 2.5 million tonnes of anthracite and 35 million tonnes of lignite.

The main coal mining operations were:

• the mining of approximately 10.4 million tonnes of bituminous coal from the Valea Jiului Mining Complex, near Hunedoara by Compania Nationala a Huilei-Petrosani;
• the mining of approximately 20.3 million tonnes of lignite from the Jiu Valley coal mine in Oltenia County, north of Craiova; and
• the mining of approximately 8.7 million tonnes of lignite from a mine about 50 kilometers north of Bucharest by Societatea National a Carbunelui-Ploiesti.

Proposed Coal-Fired Power Stations

• The Braila Power Station Expansion is a proposal by the state-owned Romanian company Termoelectrica and a consortium comprising E.ON Kraftwerke and Enel for "for the development of the Braila power plant project, for a new 800 MW coal-fired production capacity." The three companies announced in June 2008 that they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the project. The consortium states that "the project will also utilize the existing assets from the power plant currently in operation ... Based on the results of the feasibility study, expected by the end of 2008, the parties will decide whether or not to implement the power plant project." The media release also states that "the plant will be prepared for CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) -technology."

• The Doicesti Power Station is a 320 MW power station in Doiceşti, Romania, owned by Termoelectrica. In 2011 Termoelectrica and China Huadian Engineering Co Ltd said they had agreed to build two new 250 MW coal plants at the Doicesti station, equipped with an installation for gas desulphurisation and capture, and transport and storage of slag and ash. The Chinese government is considering investing EUR700 million in the project.

• The Galati Power Station is a proposed 900 MW coal-fired station by Enel in the Free Economic Area of Galati, Romania. The investment is expected to reach almost EUR 1.3 billion. The prefecture of Galati city approved the local urban plan (PUZ) regarding the building of the station in September 2011. Building works for the plant are expected to commence at the end of 2012 and finalized three to four years later.

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