Vidraru Dam

Vidraru Dam
The Vidraru dam
Location	Argeş River, Argeş County Romania
Coordinates	45°21′58.5″N 24°37′47.28″E / 45.366250°N 24.6298000°E / 45.366250; 24.6298000Coordinates: 45°21′58.5″N 24°37′47.28″E / 45.366250°N 24.6298000°E / 45.366250; 24.6298000
Construction began	1960
Opening date	1966
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Argeş River
Height	166 m (545 ft)
Length	305 m (1,001 ft)^[1]
Dam volume	480,000 m³ (630,000 cu yd)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Vidraru
Total capacity	0.465 km³ (0.112 cu mi)
Catchment area	286 km² (110 sq mi)
Surface area	10 km² (3.9 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date	9 December 1966
Turbines	4 x 55 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity	220 MW
Annual generation	400 GWh

Vidraru Dam is a dam in Romania. It was completed in 1966 on the Argeş River and creates Lake Vidraru. The arch dam was built with the primary purpose to produce hydroelectricity. The dam's height is 166 metres, the arch length 305 meters and it can store 465 million cubic metres of water. The reservoir has a total shoreline (perimeter) length of 28 km.

Background

Prometheus statue near the dam

Situated between Frunţii Mountains and Ghiţu mountains, the lake collects the Capra, Buda and some other smaller rivers (Râul Doamnei, Cernatu and Vâlsan, Topolog, Valea lui Stan and Limpedea), with a total flow of about 5.5 million l /s. The total surface of the lake is 3,930,000 sq m, 10.3 km in length, with a maximum width of 2.2 km in the Valea Lupului zone - Călugăriţa. Normal level or water retention is 830.00 metres above sea level (mdM). This amazing structure is also built with a lot of safety features. For example, if the dam cracked, got bombed or broke all of the water would flood a lot of cities. Therefore, for safety reasons dynamite has been placed in the mountains so if something happens to the dam and it breaks, the workers detonate the dynamite and make a natural dam out of the rocks in the mountains holding the water back.

The dam's construction took 5 and a half years. It required 42 km of subterranean tunnels, excavation of 1,768,000 cubic metres of hard rocks, out of which approximatively 1 million had to be extracted from underground, 930,000 cubic metres of concrete, out of which 400,000 cubic metres were underground and required the installation of 6,300 tons of electro-mechanical equipment.

When completed, it ranked 5th in Europe, and 9th in the world. In an average hydrological year it can generate approximately of 400 GWh/year.

The Vidraru Hydro Power Plant has an installed capacity of 220 MW.

References

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Gallery

Panorama of the Vidraru Lake and Dam from 2012-07-01

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High Capacity Power stations in Romania

(more than 100 MW installed capacity)

Thermal	Turceni - 1,650 MW Rovinari - 1,320 MW Mintia-Deva - 1,285 MW Crivina - 990 MW Brazi - 950 MW Petrom Brazi - 860 MW Luduș-Iernut - 800 MW Sărdănești - 700 MW Borzești - 655 MW Brăila - 646 MW Ișalnița - 630 MW Bucharest South - 550 MW Galați - 535 MW Doicești - 320 MW Bucharest West - 310 MW Craiova II - 300 MW Paroșeni - 300 MW Alum Tulcea - 250 MW Borzești II - 250 MW Fântânele - 250 MW Halânga - 247 MW Buzău - 207 MW Oradea - 205 MW Govora - 200 MW Progresu - 200 MW Brazi II - 150 MW Giurgiu - 150 MW Iaşi I - 150 MW Pitești Sud - 136 MW Arad - 112 MW Brașov - 100 MW Grozăvești - 100 MW Iaşi II - 100 MW Holboca - 100 MW Palas - 100 MW Suceava - 100 MW

Hydroelectric	Iron Gate I - 2,192 MW Tarniţa - Lăpuşteşti - 1,000 MW Iron Gate II - 591 MW Lotru-Ciunget - 510 MW Râul Mare - 335 MW Mărișelu - 221 MW Vidraru - 220 MW Bicaz-Stejaru - 210 MW Ruieni - 153 MW Nehoiaşu - 152 MW Oaşa - 150 MW Şugag - 150 MW Remeți - 146 MW Brădişor - 115 MW Tismana - 106 MW

Nuclear	Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant - 1,400 MW

Wind farms	Sinus Holding - 700 MW Fântânele-Cogealac - 600 MW Blackstone - 500 MW Deleni - 500 MW Eolica Cogealac - 448 MW Mărişelu - 300 MW Eolica Sǎcele - 252 MW Eolica Casimcea - 244 MW Văcăreni - 240 MW Verbund Casimcea - 225 MW Green Energy - 200 MW Pechea - 150 MW Sabloal Valea Dacilor - 147 MW EDP Cernavodă - 138 MW Eolica Beidaud - 128 MW Eolica Baia - 126 MW Eolica Sarichioi - 102 MW Gheorgheni - 100 MW

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Vidraru Dam

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