BUDUSEL
Project name: BUDUȘEL HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT
Location: Cetate, Satu Nou village, Bistrița-Năsăud county, ROMANIA
Owner: S.C. BUDUȘEL HIDRO S.R.L.
Installed power: 0,887 MW
Estimated energy production: 2.925 MWh/year
Turbine: Pelton
Commissioning date: January 2015

 

Budusel hydropower development is located on the section downstream the confluence with Sarita creek.

The project consists of one water intake, one section of penstock and one small hydropower plant.

The water intake is situated at an altitude of 658,45 meters above sea level and it was designed to take over an installed flow of 0,50 m3/s.

The penstock is made out of GRP with diameters of 700 and 800 mm and a total length of 5.615 m.

The power plant is situated at an altitude of 442,80 meters above sea level and it is equipped with a Pelton turbine, which was dimensioned for an installed flow of 0,50 m3/s and a total head of 215,65 m. The equipment was designed to develop an installed power of about 0,887 MW and it will produce energy of about 2.925 MWh/year