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Cuciurgan power station

Gas-fired power station in Moldova

Field	Value
name	Cuciurgan power station
name_official	Moldavskaya GRES
image	Молдавская ГРЭС 2015 - Донор.JPG
country	Moldova
location	Dnestrovsc, Transnistria
coordinates
owner	Inter RAO
th_fuel_primary	natural gas, fuel oil, coal
ps_units_operational	12
ps_electrical_capacity	2,520 MW
commissioned

The gas-fired Cuciurgan power station (), the largest power station in Moldova, is in Transnistria, on the shores of the Cuciurgan Reservoir bordering Ukraine. In 2024 it generated over three quarters of Moldova's electricity. Commissioned in 1964, it formerly burned some coal and fuel oil. In 2025, Russia stopped supplying the power plant with gas, leading to the 2025 Moldovan energy crisis.

Technical features

The power stations has installed capacity of 2,520 MW. It was originally fueled by natural gas, fuel oil and coal.{{cite web | access-date=2008-06-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125135415/http://www.interrao.ru/eng/busines/actives/ | archive-date=2008-01-25 | url-status=dead | access-date= 2022-09-09 | access-date= 2010-02-14 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124329/http://economie.moldova.org/news/moldova-and-russia-agree-to-raise-power-exports-to-romania-165588-eng.html | archive-date= 2011-07-19 | url-status= dead

Operation

The power station is operated by Moldavskaya GRES, a 100% subsidiary of Russian owned Inter RAO UES. It is the largest power company in an area comprising Moldova and southern Ukraine. The company exports power to Ukraine, Romania and Russia. It was privatized in 2004 by Transnistrian authorities, but official Moldova does not recognize this privatization. On 31 December 2024, at 19:50 EET (17:50 UTC), Moldova's unrecognized breakaway region of Transnistria stopped receiving natural gas supplies from Russia when Ukraine's gas transit deal with Russia expired. Historically, Transnistria had covered most of Moldova's electricity needs through the Cuciurgan power station, which functioned with Russian gas supplied to Transnistria for free. However, with the termination of Russian gas supplies to Transnistra and the end of Moldovan purchases of Transnistrian electricity, the possibility of a humanitarian crisis in Transnistria has risen. Three people have died in Transnistria since the start of the energy crisis due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Electricity prices have also risen significantly in Moldova.

Debt liability

The Cuciurgan power station owes an estimated $9 billion to Gazprom in 2022 as it has not paid for gas usage for over 15 years.

Planned termination of sales to Moldova

In November 2022 the power station ceased supplying Moldova with electricity after Russia reduced gas supplies. Recommenced in early 2023, by May 2023 Moldova announced it would no longer be buying electricity from the Cuciurgan power station once the high-voltage Vulcănești–Chișinău power line from Romania is installed, scheduled for 2025.

References

(October 21, 2024). "Building a resilient and carbon-neutral energy system in Moldova".
(12 January 2022). "Moldavskaya Gas Fired Power Plant, Moldova".
[http://parlament.moldova.md/download/laws/ro/274-XV-16.07.2004.doc Moldovan Privatization Law Completion]{{Dead link. (February 2020). ro
(26 January 2023). "Moldova Audit Reveals Fraud Worth 100 Million Euros at Moldovagaz".
(10 November 2022). "EU announces additional €200m energy support package for Moldova".
(26 June 2023). ""In 2025, we will cut off the "independence" of Transnistria due to non-payment. If Moscow doesn't do it earlier"".

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