List of electric power companies in Greece
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This is a list of every electric power company currently producing electrical energy in Greece
as of March 2007.
. It owns and operates 34 major thermal
and hydroelectric power plants and 3 aeolic parks of the interconnected power grid of the mainland, as well as 60 autonomous power plants located on Crete
, Rhodes
and other Greek islands (33 thermal
, 2 hydroelectric, 18 aeolic and 5 photovoltaic parks).
The total installed capacity of PPC's 97 power plants is currently 12276 MW with a net generation of 52.9 TWh in 2005.
fueled with natural gas of 390 MW installed capacity in Thessaloniki
and aims to build two more of the same size and reach 1200 MW in total.
Sources and has been licensed for more than 600 MW.
units through its subsidiary Heron S.A.
, which is licensed for the construction and operation of thermoelectric power stations fuelled with natural gas. Heron owns and operates a 147 MW gas fired power plant in Viotia which is designed to cover the system's reserve needs, as well as the needs in periods of high demand, over the following years. The total investment in this project reached 80 million euros.
Also, Heron S.A. is registered for another 400 MW power plant, budgeted up to 220 million euros. This project is under development.
(17MW), Serres
, Platanos
, Crete
.
sector from:
The asset base will include 334 MW of cogeneration
due to enter service in June 2007, a 430 MW gas-fired plant due to start up in June 2009, and more than 1000 MW of renewables projects under development. Mytilineos Holdings
S.A in cooperation with Endesa submitted a Power Generation License application for a 600 MW coal
power plant in Greece, at a projected cost of about €890 million ($1.18 billion).
Enelco has submitted to the Regulatory Authority for Energy three applications for Generation Authorisations for Elefsina (Attiki), Levadia (Viotia) and Evros
(Thrace
) locations. Each power plant will be of 360-390 MW capacity and will be fuelled by natural gas
. Two of whom (Evros
, Levadia) have been already awarded to it.
, that produces electricity
from renewable energy
sources. So far, it owns and operates wind farms with combined installed capacity of 193.3 MW, which produce annually over 525 GWh.
The main shareholder of C.Rokas S.A. is the Spanish electric power company Iberdrola
with a percentage of 52.7%.
The company has a license that will allow the Spanish group to participate in the bidding process to develop new CCGT generation capacity in Greece
.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
as of March 2007.
Public Power Corporation
The PPC S.A. (ΔΕΗ) is the biggest electric power company in GreeceGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. It owns and operates 34 major thermal
Thermal
A thermal column is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection. The sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the air directly above it...
and hydroelectric power plants and 3 aeolic parks of the interconnected power grid of the mainland, as well as 60 autonomous power plants located on Crete
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
, Rhodes
Rhodes
Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...
and other Greek islands (33 thermal
Thermal
A thermal column is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection. The sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the air directly above it...
, 2 hydroelectric, 18 aeolic and 5 photovoltaic parks).
The total installed capacity of PPC's 97 power plants is currently 12276 MW with a net generation of 52.9 TWh in 2005.
PPC
- PPC Renewables S.A
- 1. PPC Renewable-C.ROKAS S.A.I.C. - 52.7% of C.ROKAS is now owned by IberdrolaIberdrolaIberdrola , headquartered in Bilbao, is a private utility with a global footprint and over 150 years of experience...
(see below). - 2. PPC Renewable-TERNA Energy S.A. - In cooperation with TERNA S.A. (GEK Group) (see below).
- 3. PPC Renewable-DIEKAT Energy S.A.
- 4. PPC Renewable-MEK Energy S.A.
- 1. PPC Renewable-C.ROKAS S.A.I.C. - 52.7% of C.ROKAS is now owned by Iberdrola
- PPC RHODES S.A. (ex KOZEN HELLAS S.A.)
- PPC CRETE S.A.
Thessaloniki Energy S.A.
Thessaloniki Energy S.A. is a subsidiary of Helelnic Petroleum. So far it owns and operates one thermoelectric power stationPower station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
fueled with natural gas of 390 MW installed capacity in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
and aims to build two more of the same size and reach 1200 MW in total.
Terna S.A.
Ternais part of the GEK group. It operates through two subsidiaries in the energy sector.Terna Energy S.A.
Terna Energy S.A. is actively involved in wind (Aeolian) power generation. It is one of the first private Greek companies ever to be involved in Renewable EnergyRenewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
Sources and has been licensed for more than 600 MW.
Heron S.A.
Terna is involved in power generation from thermalThermal
A thermal column is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection. The sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the air directly above it...
units through its subsidiary Heron S.A.
Heron S.A.
Heron S.A. is a power company in Greece. It is a joint company of GEK TERNA and GDF Suez, established on 11 December 2008. It owns and operates Heron I and Heron II natural gas-fired power plants in Viotia, about north of Athens.- Heron I :...
, which is licensed for the construction and operation of thermoelectric power stations fuelled with natural gas. Heron owns and operates a 147 MW gas fired power plant in Viotia which is designed to cover the system's reserve needs, as well as the needs in periods of high demand, over the following years. The total investment in this project reached 80 million euros.
Also, Heron S.A. is registered for another 400 MW power plant, budgeted up to 220 million euros. This project is under development.
Mytilineos Holdings S.A.
The Mytilineos Holdings company operates in the energy sector through a number of subsidiaries:Mytilineos Power Generation and Supply S.A.
- Construction of Agios Nikolaos power plant of 430 MW in Viotia.
- Starting procedures on constructing a thermalThermalA thermal column is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection. The sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the air directly above it...
station of 400 MW in VolosVolosVolos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...
.
Mytilineos Hellenic Wind Power S.A.
Has Power Generation Licenses for 8 wind farms and is trying to get Final Installation Licenses on the aeolic parks of SidirokastroSidirokastro
Sidirokastro is a town and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sintiki, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is built near the fertile valley of the river Strymonas, on the bank of the...
(17MW), Serres
Serres
Serres is a city in Greece, seat of the Serres prefecture.Serres may also refer to:Places:* Serres, Germany, a part of Wiernsheim in Baden-WürttembergIn France:* Serres, Aude in the Aude département...
, Platanos
Platanos
Platanos may refer to:*Plantain, or the related fruit banana*Platanos, Achaea, a village in Greece*Platanos, Aetolia-Acarnania, a town in Greece*Platanos, Crete, a village in Chania, Greece...
, Crete
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
.
Endesa Hellas S.A.
A new joint venture in the energyEnergy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
sector from:
- 49,99% Mytilineos Holdings
- 50,01% EndesaEndesa (Spain)Endesa, S.A. is the largest electric utility company in Spain. The firm, a majority-owned subsidiary of the Italian utility company Enel, has 10 million customers in Spain, with domestic annual generation of over 97,600 GWh from nuclear, fossil-fueled, hydroelectric, and renewable resource power...
The asset base will include 334 MW of cogeneration
Cogeneration
Cogeneration is the use of a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat....
due to enter service in June 2007, a 430 MW gas-fired plant due to start up in June 2009, and more than 1000 MW of renewables projects under development. Mytilineos Holdings
Mytilineos Holdings
Mytilineos Holdings S.A. is a Greek-based industrial conglomerate whose companies are active in the sectors of metallurgy, energy and EPC. The firm, which was founded in 1990 as a metallurgical company of international trade and participations, is an evolution of an old metallurgical family...
S.A in cooperation with Endesa submitted a Power Generation License application for a 600 MW coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
power plant in Greece, at a projected cost of about €890 million ($1.18 billion).
Enelco S.A.
Founded on 16 September 1999. Main shareholders of Enelco are:- 75%, EnelEnelEnel may refer to:*Enel SpA, an Italian electricity company*Enel , a fictional villain in the One Piece manga and anime series*Enel, meaning third in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, cf. Awakening of the Elves...
- 25%, Prometheus Gas, of Copelouzos Group and the Russian gas company GazpromGazpromOpen Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow...
Enelco has submitted to the Regulatory Authority for Energy three applications for Generation Authorisations for Elefsina (Attiki), Levadia (Viotia) and Evros
Evros
Evros is:* the Greek name of the Maritsa river running through Bulgaria and forming the land border between Turkey and Greece* Evros , an administrative division in northern Greece...
(Thrace
Thrace
Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
) locations. Each power plant will be of 360-390 MW capacity and will be fuelled by natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
. Two of whom (Evros
Evros
Evros is:* the Greek name of the Maritsa river running through Bulgaria and forming the land border between Turkey and Greece* Evros , an administrative division in northern Greece...
, Levadia) have been already awarded to it.
C.Rokas S.A.
C.Rokas S.A. is an electric power company in GreeceGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, that produces electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
from renewable energy
Renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
sources. So far, it owns and operates wind farms with combined installed capacity of 193.3 MW, which produce annually over 525 GWh.
The main shareholder of C.Rokas S.A. is the Spanish electric power company Iberdrola
Iberdrola
Iberdrola , headquartered in Bilbao, is a private utility with a global footprint and over 150 years of experience...
with a percentage of 52.7%.
Korinthos Power S.A.
Main shareholders of Korinthos Power are:- 70% IberdrolaIberdrolaIberdrola , headquartered in Bilbao, is a private utility with a global footprint and over 150 years of experience...
- 30% Motor Oil Hellas
The company has a license that will allow the Spanish group to participate in the bidding process to develop new CCGT generation capacity in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
.