Public Power Corporation
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The Public Power Corporation S.A. is the biggest electric power company in Greece
. It is controlled to an extent by the government, and it produces and supplies electricity
to all the country.
policy which, through the exploitation of the domestic products and resources, would distribute cheap electric power
to all the Greek citizens. PPC started the integration of all the small local grids to the national interconnected grid. Furthermore, the corporation resolved the purchase of all the small private and local electric power
production units.
In June 2011, the Greek government announced to sell 17% of it's share of PPC to meet conditions of loan package. The workers of PPC responded by limited power cuts to selected towns across Greece.
The 34 major thermal
and hydroelectric power plants and the 3 wind farms of the interconnected power grid of the mainland, as well as the 60 autonomous power plants located on Crete
, Rhodes
and other Greek islands (33 thermal
, 2 hydroelectric, 18 aeolic and 5 photovoltaic parks) form PPC's industrial colossus and constitute the energy basis of all financial activities of the country.
The total installed capacity of the 97 PPC's power plants is currently 12,760 MW with a net generation of 53.9 TWh in 2007.
, other plants use coal
. The largest mining areas are located between Kozani
and Ptolemaida
, around Amyntaio
in the Florina
prefecture and around Megalopolis
..
, east of Gastouni
, 1.5 km west of Lechaina
and encircles to the north, the southern part of the plain and connecting with another line connecting from Megalopoli. This power line has several power stations including Pyrgos, Amaliada, Lechaina
, Varda and Lappa. The power line has several branches including a 5 km long line to near Lappa. The line linking Kavasila and Zante passes near Kavasila, about 1 km south of Dimitra, south of Kastro, north of Loutra Kyllinis and into the island of Zante. Most of the line is underwater.
Other lines includes Patras - Corinth - Athens
, and Pyrgos - Megalopoli.
Lines from Megalopoli link to Pyrgos, Kalamata
and Tripoli
.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. It is controlled to an extent by the government, and it produces and supplies 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...
to all the country.
History
PPC was founded by the Greek government in 1950. Its main purpose was to plan and apply a national 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...
policy which, through the exploitation of the domestic products and resources, would distribute cheap electric power
Electric power
Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...
to all the Greek citizens. PPC started the integration of all the small local grids to the national interconnected grid. Furthermore, the corporation resolved the purchase of all the small private and local electric power
Electric power
Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...
production units.
Economy
In 2001, PPC issued stock and is no more wholly owned by the government, although it is still controlled by it with a 51.1% stake.In June 2011, the Greek government announced to sell 17% of it's share of PPC to meet conditions of loan package. The workers of PPC responded by limited power cuts to selected towns across Greece.
Monopoly
- RAE (Ρυθμιστική Αρχή Ενέργειας, the "Energy Regulatory Authority" of Greece) is the country's independent, supervising authority on matters of energy sufficiency, market regulation and monopoly supervision. RAE is the regulator for all energy-producing entities, public and private, and exercises price control and top-level grid management.
- Privately owned energy producers are deploying their facilities exclusively from renewable energyRenewable energyRenewable 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, as wind and solar power. These vary from large-scale local-authority or privately owned wind farms and photovoltaic installations, to small-scale PV units installed on building roofs. Integration of these producers within the National Grid is implemented by PPC and supervised by RAE. The PPC has committed to buying renewable-source energy at five times its selling rate until 2034, thus offering a powerful incentive to shift the country's energy sources to low carbon footprintCarbon footprintA carbon footprint has historically been defined as "the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, event, product or person.". However, calculating a carbon footprint which conforms to this definition is often impracticable due to the large amount of data required, which is...
alternatives. Small (e.g. home roof) producers of less than 10 kiloWatt power are exempt from taxation and receive their compensation via crediting their monthly electrical utility bill. It is estimated that the average detached home in Greece, if fully installed with roof photovoltaics, can earn about 5,000 euros yearly, on top of enjoying free electricity.
Power plants
PPC ensures the energy efficiency of the country through its vast projects.The 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 the 3 wind farms of the interconnected power grid of the mainland, as well as the 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) form PPC's industrial colossus and constitute the energy basis of all financial activities of the country.
The total installed capacity of the 97 PPC's power plants is currently 12,760 MW with a net generation of 53.9 TWh in 2007.
Carbon intensity
| year | Production (TWh TWH TWH or twh could refer to:*Tennessee Walking Horse, a breed of horse* Toronto Western Hospital, a hospital in Toronto, Canada* TWH Bus & Coach, a bus company in Romford, England* Terrawatt-hour, measure of electrical energy, 1012 watt-hours... ) |
Emission (Gt CO2) | kg CO2/MWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 49 | 51.35 | 1050 |
| 2003 | 52 | 52.41 | 1004 |
| 2004 | 53 | 53.29 | 1015 |
| 2005 | 53 | 52.59 | 994 |
| 2006 | 52 | 50.48 | 969 |
| 2007 | 54 | 53.04 | 984 |
| 2008 | 52 | 52.2 | 996 |
| 2009 | 50 | 49.7 | 992 |
Mining areas
Other than the monopoly in electric energy, PPC has mining areas within power plants. The power plants produce electricity and power from ligniteLignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad,is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat...
, other plants use 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...
. The largest mining areas are located between Kozani
Kozani
Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of West Macedonia region. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley...
and Ptolemaida
Ptolemaida
Ptolemaida is a town and a former municipality in Kozani peripheral unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Eordaia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...
, around Amyntaio
Amyntaio
Amyntaio is a town and municipality in the Florina peripheral unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,407, while that of the entire municipality is 18,975...
in the Florina
Florina
Florina is a town and municipality in mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. It is also the Metropolitan seat for the region. It lies in the central part of Florina peripheral unit, of which it is the capital. Florina belongs to the periphery of West...
prefecture and around Megalopolis
Megalopolis, Greece
Megalópoli is a town in the western part of the peripheral unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis . "Megalopolis" is a Greek word for Great city. When it was founded, in 371 BC, it was the first urbanization in rustic and primitive Arcadia. In...
..
Transformers
The Kalamata - Pyrgos - Patras Line is a line runs near Pyrgos, west of AmaliadaAmaliada
Amaliada is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ilida, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It has 32,090 citizens...
, east of Gastouni
Gastouni
Gastouni is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pineios, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Distance is south of Lechaina, from Kyllini Baths, from Pyrgos, NW of Amaliada and SW of...
, 1.5 km west of Lechaina
Lechaina
Lechaina is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is situated 39 km north of the city of Pyrgos, and 60 km southwest of Patras...
and encircles to the north, the southern part of the plain and connecting with another line connecting from Megalopoli. This power line has several power stations including Pyrgos, Amaliada, Lechaina
Lechaina
Lechaina is a town and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andravida-Kyllini, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is situated 39 km north of the city of Pyrgos, and 60 km southwest of Patras...
, Varda and Lappa. The power line has several branches including a 5 km long line to near Lappa. The line linking Kavasila and Zante passes near Kavasila, about 1 km south of Dimitra, south of Kastro, north of Loutra Kyllinis and into the island of Zante. Most of the line is underwater.
Other lines includes Patras - Corinth - Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, and Pyrgos - Megalopoli.
Lines from Megalopoli link to Pyrgos, Kalamata
Kalamata
Kalamata is the second-largest city of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The capital and chief port of the Messenia prefecture, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf...
and Tripoli
Tripoli, Greece
Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...
.