Energy Efficient and Environmentally Safe New Thermal Power Plant in Oradea

The paper presents the important transformation of the thermal power plant that serves Oradea city. The main purpose is to show a best-practice example of how the determination of a mayor, the team-work of the people from the Management Division of Projects with International Funding from Oradea City Hall and the specialists and engineers from Termoficare Oradea could change a system older than 50 years that was partially modernized, partially reconstructed using European funding. To understand the current situation, a short description of the old systems is firstly done, then the new concept is presented. Data taken from the monitoring system is used to perform energy efficiency calculations and, based on that, some analysis are made, and conclusion drawn.