Bucharest
Municipiul Bucureşti
Sector 6

Bucharest West Power Station

The Bucharest West Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in having 5 generation groups, 4 of 40 MW each commissioned in 1955, and one group of 190 MW commissioned in 2007 having a total electricity generation capacity of 310 MW.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Preciziei metro station and Păcii Metro Station.

Metro station
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Preciziei, formerly known as Industriilor is a terminus metro station in . It is situated in the industrial park in the west of the city. Industrial facilities directly served by the metro station: Coca-Cola factory, Urbis. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Bucharest West Power Station.

Metro station
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Păcii is a metro station in . Part of the boulevard under which it resides used to bear the station's name. It is located on Iuliu Maniu Avenue at the intersection with Valea Cascadelor Avenue, the latter being a proposal for a new name for the station. is situated 2½ km northeast of Bucharest West Power Station.

Metro station
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Valea Ialomiței is a station on line M5 of Bucharest Metro. The adjacent station is . The station was opened on 15 September 2020 as part of the inaugural section of M5, from Eroilor to Valea Ialomiței and . is situated 3 km east of Bucharest West Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Militari and Chiajna.

Suburb
is a district in the western part of , in . It is home to more than 100,000 inhabitants. is situated 3 km northeast of Bucharest West Power Station.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km north of Bucharest West Power Station.

Suburb
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is a district of the capital city , split between and . It is home to the famous sports club CSA Steaua București. Nearby districts are and . is situated 4½ km east of Bucharest West Power Station.

Bucharest West Power Station

Latitude
44.42404° or 44° 25′ 27″ north
Longitude
25.97675° or 25° 58′ 36″ east
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Operator
Electrocentrale București
Open location code
8GP7CXFG+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30618879
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
7284178
Wiki­data ID
Q4982661
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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Ukrainian—“Bucharest West Power Station” goes by many names.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bucuresti Vest kraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “București Vest kraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “București Vest kraftverk”
  • Romanian: “CET Vest”
  • Ukrainian: “ТЕС Бухарест Західний”
  • Ukrainian: “ТЕЦ Бухарест-Захід”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bucharest West Power Station”. Photo: Strainu, CC BY-SA 3.0.