Agios Nikolaos Power Station
Agios Nikolaos Power Station is a 766-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power station in Aghios Nikolaos, Greece.
Location
The map below shows the location of the Agios Nikolaos Power Station.
Background
The power station is owned by Mytilineos.[1] The facility is comprised of 2 units, a 445 MW combined cycle unit[1] and a 334 MW CHP unit[1].
In 2019, Mytilineos announced a proposed 826 MW expansion of the facility.[2] The new unit is proposed to be a combined cycle unit that is "hydrogen-ready" and was, as of 2020, expected to be completed in 2021.[2][3][4] However, as of December 20, 2021, the Mytilineos website stated that the new unit would start operation in 2022.[5]
Financing
In July 2020, the European Investment Bank signed a €125 million loan for the combined cycle unit.[6] In September 2021, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development granted a €75 million loan to finance the construction and operation of the power plant.[7]
Coal project blocked
Previously there was a proposal to build a 600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station at the site, at an estimated cost of 890 million euros. The proposed coal-fired power station was sponsored by Mytilineos and Endesa, which had formed a joint venture company named Endesa Hellas.
A securities analyst reported in May 2007 that the company had submitted an application for a power generation license.[8] In July 2007, Endesa Hellas reported that the company aimed to have the "clean coal" plant online by the first half of 2013. (It also flagged that plans for a "clean coal" plant of unstated capacity were under development for a location in Albania).[9]
The project was effectively blocked in 2009 due to a decision by the Greek government to end hard coal imports in favour of using natural gas in future plants.[10]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Protergia[11] and Aluminium of Greece S.A.[12]
- Parent company: Mytilineos[1][13]
- Location: Aghios Nikolaos, Boeotia (Viotia), Sterea Ellada (Central Greece)
- Coordinates: 38.3585, 22.6883 (exact)[14]
- Status: Operating
- Gross generating capacity (operating): 766 MW
- Gross generating capacity (under construction): 826 MW
- Cost: €322 million[6]
- Financing: €125 million loan from the European Investment Bank[6]; €75 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development[7]
Resources and articles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Electric Power". Mytilineos. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Greek combined cycle plant to get GE's 100th HA turbine". Power Engineering International. October 7, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "9HA Gas Turbine". General Electric. Retrieved April 19th 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Greece: Gas-fired power plant will be built by GEK Terna". serbia-energy.eu. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "Electricity Production - MYTILINEOS Website". www.mytilineos.gr. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 MYTILINEOS SA - AGIOS NIKOLAOS POWER PLANT, European Investment Bank, Nov. 19, 2019
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Anna Cole-Bailey, EBRD backs Mytilineos CCGT in Greece, IJGlobal, Sep. 7, 2021
- ↑ "JV with Endesa provides great prospects in Greece and SE Europe", Beta Securities, May 10, 2007.
- ↑ Endesa Hellas, "ENDESA Hellas Board of Directors: Convenes to Decisions", Media Release, July 30, 2007.
- ↑ "Greener Power for PPC Plants," Energia.gr, February 13, 2009
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Power Generation". Protergia. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Aluminium SA Profile, Mytilineos, accessed Apr 5, 2021
- ↑ Mytilineos, Edison Group, Apr 2019
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 MYTILINEOS S.A (September 2021). "Environmental & Social Impact Assessment for Agios Nikolaos CCGT II: 826MW Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant". European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 29WGU-PROTERGCC2 accessed October 2021
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, ID 29WALOUMINIO---B accessed October 2021
- ↑ "Απελευθέρωση της Αγοράς ΦΑ και ∆υνατότητες Ανάπτυξης" (PDF). iene.gr. 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Aluminium Of Greece • Cogeneration". www.alhellas.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Mytilineos CCGT". www.ebrd.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ Ag. Nikolaos CCGT, 826 MW Combined Cycle, Metka website, accessed April 22, 2020
