Ceausescu hidden in the womb Apuseni underground hydro, arranged in a cavity hollowed in the rock. Nicolae Ceausescu One of the foundations is a hydroelectric secret, built in the Apuseni Mountains. Mărişel Hydropower is the second largest in the interior rivers in Romania and has a power capable of supporting the power supply to factories in Transylvania, which had been involved in a hypothetical war, who feared Communist dictator. The power plant is housed in an artificial cave, hollow rock in the heart of the mountains. Because it can withstand even the toughest aerial bombardment, central Mărişel was declared strategic goal, and public access is prohibited. For the first time in decades, Free Romanian journalists received permission to photograph inside hydropower authorities and talk to its employees.
10 Energy as steel mills
Hydropower Mărişel is hidden under a mountain greenery. On the road leading to the skiing resort of Cluj there are several power transformers and well locked gate, resembling in appearance to the entrance to a mine. The gate is large enough to allow entry of vans, but discreet enough not to attract the attention of tourists who go to the resort Mărişel.
Underground power plant is able to generate 220 megawatts of power using three groups of 73.5 megawatts. The amount of electricity produced by hydroelectric dug into the mountain would be sufficient to supply at the same time, 10 steel plants, such as the Plain Turda. Or, in other words, the electricity could be illuminated Mărişel smoothly all cities in Northern Transylvania. Central Mărişel uses the accumulated water in the lake at Belis. Through an underground channel, carved into the rock, the water reaches the turbine. Here, the cavity that houses the power plant is as high as a 10 story building. Access to the power plant is very difficult. Visitors who pass the gate guarded by the mountain, you have to walk a mile long tunnel. Usually, this tunnel is crossed with leadership hydroelectric cars allowed. Those who are not employees of hydropower must receive special approval to be received into the plant at Marisel.
Procedures are complicated precisely because underground hydropower has the status of a strategic objective. Among those who visited the power plant include the head of the Environmental Guard in Cluj County, Viorel Pleşa. "I was twice in hydropower. It is absolutely impressive. Beyond the enormous cost, power is doubly important to Transylvania. The first time it produces a huge amount of clean energy, and secondly because it was designed exclusively plant engineers and Romanian workers and only materials and equipment produced in Romania, "he said. In turn, Mayor Marisel Traian Mariş says that the power plant could become one of the most important tourist attractions, provided it is open to the public. Yet he does not think this will happen very soon. "On the one hand, it is understandable that people would like to be able to visit such an engineering marvel. Moreover, the risks are huge. imagine what would happen if a madman with a bomb come, "said Mayor Traian Mariş.
A journey of discovery
So power plant employees, they get many visitors, shall, involuntarily, an attitude similar to that of the initiates of ancient cults. Chief John Varvari are among the plant employees Marisel the "old guard". "Mărişel Central is a basic unit of the national energy system. Why do I say this? For, since the rivers are More hydroelectric largest Lotru them, three hundred and something megawatts, and the second Mărişel, with 220 megawatts. still have one of 220 megawatts, Arges, but not working at maximum capacity, "says John Varvari. Hydropower Mărişel was set 34 years ago by Romanian engineers at the request of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. He wanted to have an underground power plant capable of supplying electricity to the steel plants in Transylvania. In the event of war, such as steel mills quickly followed to convert weapons factories. Precisely secrecy in planning plant in Marisel were involved only Romanian engineers. All materials and equipment used in hydropower planning were also produced in Romania. The desire to boost jobs, Nicolae Ceausescu personally inspected several times, the site of Apuseni Mountains. John Varvari remembers that before the visits "Comrade", hydroelectric and its surroundings were full of Securitate.
The plant sells energy communist capitalist
20 years after the overthrow of Nicolae Ceauşescu, former communist pearl energy system, central Mărişel produce electricity supplied to the European common market. "We are obliged to press the button, take care to be 70 megawatts and maintain plant" describes John Varvari monotonous ritual of a working day. Plant uses electricity from energy production Marisel gathered water reservoirs of at Belis.
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