Operations at Ford Otosan’s Romanian plant suspended amid heating outage
<p>Left without heating after a coal-fired unit at Electrocentrale Craiova broke down, Ford Otosan’s automobile plant in southern Romania ceased operations on November 13, <a href="https://www.profit.ro/povesti-cu-profit/auto-transporturi/ford-otosan-ramane-fara-caldura-si-opreste-productia-la-craiova-21835802?mc_cid=e14ad07fed&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Profit.ro</a> reported.</p>

<p>The losses at the factory that is producing some 1,000 automobiles and 1,700 EcoBoost engines per day are estimated in the range of tens of millions of euros.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The heating supplier was expected to resume supplies on the night of November 14.</p>

<p>Electrocentrale Craiova, which operates a power plant with units fired by coal (two units) and natural gas (one unit), is a supplier of thermal energy for both the municipality and the plant – the largest employer in Craiova.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The heating supply to the municipality ceased several days ago amid problems at the coal-fired units that are not modernised since they are supposed to be phased off in the near future. The energy producer is carrying out an expansion to develop more gas-fired capacities, financed under the Resilience Facility – but the project is delayed by failure to find a contractor.</p>

<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com</em></p>

<p><em>(Photo source: Ford Otosan Romania on LinkedIn)</em></p>