Aliakmonas Complex

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Aliakmonas Complex is a complex of operating hydroelectric power plants in Greece.

The complex consists of the following projects:

• Agra hydroelectric plant
• Assomata hydroelectric plant
• Polyphyto hydroelectric plant
• Sfikia hydroelectric plant

Complex Details

Table 1: Project-level details for Aliakmonas Complex

Project name	Status	Commissioning year	Nameplate capacity	Technology type	Owner
Agra hydroelectric plant	operating	1954	50.0 MW	Conventional storage	Public Power Corporation SA (ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΗ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΙΣΜΟΥ ΑΕ)
Assomata hydroelectric plant	operating	1985	108.0 MW	Conventional storage	Public Power Corporation SA [100%] (ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΗ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΙΣΜΟΥ ΑΕ)
Polyphyto hydroelectric plant	operating	1974	375.0 MW	Conventional storage	Public Power Corporation SA [100%] (ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΗ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΙΣΜΟΥ ΑΕ)
Sfikia hydroelectric plant	operating	1985	315.0 MW	Pumped storage	Public Power Corporation SA [100%] (ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΗ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΙΣΜΟΥ ΑΕ)

Location

Table 2: Location details for Aliakmonas Complex

Project name	Location	River	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Agra hydroelectric plant	Edessa, Central Macedonia, Greece	Aliakmonas	40.8064, 22.0229 (exact)
Assomata hydroelectric plant	Veria Municipality, Imathia Regional Unit, Central Macedonia, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece	Aliákmon River	40.4744, 22.2439 (exact)
Polyphyto hydroelectric plant	Velventos Municipal Unit, Kozani Regional Unit, Western Macedonia, Epirus and Western Macedonia, Greece	Aliákmon River	40.3026, 22.1004 (exact)
Sfikia hydroelectric plant	Veria Municipality, Imathia Regional Unit, Central Macedonia, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece	Aliákmon River	40.398, 22.1921 (exact)

The map below shows the exact locations of the projects in the complex:

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