THE TENDENCIES OF HYDRAULIC ENERGY DURING XXI CENTURY BETWEEN PRESERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CASE STUDY: FAGARAS MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA

Fagaras Mountains, with the highest altitudes and slopes on the territory of Romania, presents a high hydro energetic potential, characteristic of small rivers. The unique mountain landscape from Romania contributed to the declaration of a large area as protected zone. Due to this reason, the initiative of building the production units is limited. Given the fact that micro-hydro plants do not affect the environment, they can receive the construction notice. The designed micro-hydro plants will be placed on Balea brook, near SC Viromet SA catchment. It will use the water already collected by the synthetic resins plant and is going to be placed underground. The study is based on the water resource assessment in satisfying the requirements of economical units from study area (SC Viromet SA and SC Cartisoara Hydroenergy SRL).