In 2013, Hunedoara Energy Holding needs EUR92 million investments to upgrade the mines, while its thermal power plants–Mintia and Paroseni–need EUR300 million investments with state guarantees, the company’s general manager Costel Alic told a news conference.
The holding was set up through merging Mintia and Paroseni thermal power plants with four coal mines of the pitcoal mining company Compania Nationala a Huilei (CNH).
Alic said the company currently produces 2.1 TWh of electricity, and targets 5 TWh in 2015.
The secretary of state with Economy Ministry Rodin Traicu also said Thursday that Romania must support the mining sector and energy production in the southwestern Oltenia region.