CET Arad hydrocarbons power station — Romania

CET Arad hydrocarbons power station is a 30 MW gas power plant in Arad County, Romania. It ranks #62 of 97 Romania power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 18.7% of Romania's electricity; the national grid averages 251 gCO₂/kWh (67.5% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_cetaradhydrocarbons_romani.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 30 MW, CET Arad hydrocarbons power station is below the median gas plant in Romania (200 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #24 largest gas power plant of 26 in Romania by capacity.

Romania has 26 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 6,358 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Arad power station · Gas · 21 MW · Arad
• Sebiș · Solar · 15 MW · Arad
• Deta A · Solar · 6 MW · Timis
• Szeged Energy power station · Gas · 920 MW · Csongrad
• TPP Oradea · Coal · 170 MW · Bihor
• Oradea power station · Gas · 75.5 MW · Bihor

Location

Coordinates 46.1826718, 21.3328046 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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