| Agios Dimitrios Power Station | |
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| Country | Greece |
| Location | Agios Dimitrios, Kozani |
| Coordinates | 40°23′38″N21°55′30″E / 40.393757°N 21.925106°E /40.393757; 21.925106 |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1984 |
| Owner | Public Power Corporation of Greece |
| Operator | |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Lignite |
| Cogeneration? | Yes |
| Thermal capacity | 70 MW |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 300 MW 2 × 310 MW 1 × 365 MW |
| Make and model | Alstom LMZ Electrosila Ansaldo |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,585MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Agios Dimitrios Power Station is apower plant located nearAgios Dimitrios, Kozani,Greece, situated between the towns ofKozani andEllispontos village. In terms of its location in relation to a metropolis, the plant lies 140 kilometres (87 mi) west ofThessaloniki, a major city in northern Greece.
The Agios Dimitrios Power Station is the largest of Greece's power plants, generating a total capacity of 1,600MW from two 300 MW units (Units I and II), two 310 MW units (Units III and IV), and one 365 MW unit (Unit V).[1] In terms of physical size, the threeflue gas stacks of the facility are 200 metres (660 ft) tall. The plant burnslignite extracted throughopencast mining, a process undertaken at the Lignite Center of Western Macedonia, which is located in the Ptolemais-Amynteo region, the main coal mining area of Greece.
The station is owned by thePublic Power Corporation (PPC).
Unit V was added to the existing four units of the Agios Dimitrios plant to be connected to the 400 kV outdoorswitchgear, to increase the supply energy to the Greek nationaltransmission grid. It is a unit of 350 MW electric, plus 70 MW thermal fordistrict heating purposes.
In 1993, PPC awarded the contract for the supply and installation of Unit V to theconsortium of the companiesAnsaldo GIE (consortium leader – Italy, at present (2008) Ansaldo Energia a Finmeccanica Company), Austrian Energy and Environment SGP/Waagner-Biro GmbH (Austria) andAEGEK (Greece).
Main steps of the contract execution were:
In May 1995, a 6.6Mwearthquake shook the area with a maximumMercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), which affected the progress of the work. In the region, twenty-five people were injured, and damage was valued at $450 million.
The contract was signed on March 31, 1993, by Th. Xanthopoulos, PPCgeneral manager, Vincenzo Vadacca Ansaldo, GIEmanaging director, Heinz Zaunschirm and Helmuth Palzer, A.E. & E./Waagner-Biro directors and John Triadafillou, AEGEK managing director.
For the contract performance phase, themanagement of theproject was provided by aproject team composed by Roberto Pisani as project director, appointed by the consortium leader Ansaldo GIE, and Klaus Zink and Costas Latsenere as project managers, appointed by A.E. & E. and AEGEK respectively. At the plant, Salvatore Brozzas and Giorgio Simoncin were appointed by the consortium leader as site and start-up managers interfacing with S. Spaniolas, the Unit V construction manager of PPC. Project activities were supported by Vincenzo Gaiaschi, Konstantinos Metaxas and Konstantinos Keramidas in the consortium office of Athens led by Giorgio Mazzoni. Ansaldo GIE, consortium leader, played also the role of plant architect engineer, assigning to Roberto Masi this duty as project engineer.
On October 18, 1997, the unit was officially opened with the presence ofCostas SimitisPrime Minister of Greece, Enrico Pietromarchi Italianambassador in Greece, Fabrizio Pignatelli Italian consul at Thessaloniki, and with other representatives of theGreek parliament and local authorities.
Object of the contract between PPC and the Consortium was the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, transportation, installation, testing, putting in operation and delivery of one lignite-fired steam electric unit of 350 Mwe plus 70 MWth in the Agios Dimitrios plant, including the design, engineering, construction and supervision of the civil works.
The project included the following main equipment, systems and works:
Greek companies as ASPATE S.A., Mekasol,Metka e Rodax participated in the construction of the unit assubcontractors of the three consortium members.
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,803,191 | 12,919,320 | 14,292,671 | 14,228,640 | 14,732,181 | 13,105,386 | 11,810,688 | |
| Data:European Commission, 2015[2] | |||||||
