CET Grozăvești was shut down and will be kept in reserve from Tuesday, while the thermal energy needed to supply consumers connected to the centralized heating system in Bucharest will be provided from CET Bucharest Sud, CET Bucharest West and CET Progresu, Elcen informs.
“The need for thermal energy at the level of the Municipality of Bucharest, with the end of the heating season, becomes very low compared to the winter season,” a press release states.
According to the cited source, the standby shutdown of CET Grozăveşti was carried out in coordination with Termoenergetica Bucharest, following the initiation by this company of the procedures to stop the supply of thermal energy for heating to consumers connected to the heating system in the Capital.
“Stopping for reserve does not mean the unavailability of the plant. The facilities of CET Grozăvesti remain available for the delivery of heat and electricity. Stopping for reserve takes place when the thermal energy required for supplying consumers has a small share in heating and does not justify from the point of view technically the operation of all 4 CETs. If all 4 CETs were to work simultaneously, more would be produced than is necessary for heating,” the press release states, according to Agerpres.
Thus, in the next period, the Elcen CETs will gradually change their thermal energy production regimes as a consequence of Termoenergetica’s progressive shutdown of the thermal agent for heat and due to company technical maneuvers at own thermal systems that will lead to the transfer of the centralized heating system to the “summer” operation mode.
At the same time, the total stoppage by Termoenergetica of the supply of thermal energy for heating to consumers connected to the centralized heating system in Bucharest will mark the transition of the system to the “summer” schedule, by providing exclusively domestic hot water and, automatically, the significant reduction of the required thermal energy at the level of the Municipality of Bucharest.
The Elcen centrals will align with the “summer” operating conditions of the heating system, as follows: two CETs will be switched off in reserve (available at any time for delivery of heat and electricity), while the other two CETs will remain in operation.
In the summer scheme, a single CET in operation could cover the entire thermal energy requirement at the level of the Municipality of Bucharest.
“The hot water supply to consumers in Bucharest will not be affected during the period when the CHPs will operate in the summer mode. The CETs in operation will cover the heating agent requirement for the entire city. The ring configuration of the heating network allows the interconnected operation of the CETs and, consequently, an optimal distribution of the load between the CETs,” the press release states.