This is a list of every electric power company currently producing electrical energy in Greece as of March 2007.
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The PPC S.A. (ΔΕΗ) is the biggest electric power company in Greece. 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.
Thessaloniki Energy S.A. is a subsidiary of Helelnic Petroleum. So far it owns and operates one thermoelectric power station 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.
Ternais part of the GEK group. It operates through two subsidiaries in the energy sector.
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 Energy Sources and has been licensed for more than 600 MW.
Terna is involved in power generation from thermal 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.
The Mytilineos Holdings company operates in the energy sector through a number of subsidiaries:
Has Power Generation Licenses for 8 wind farms and is trying to get Final Installation Licenses on the aeolic parks of Sidirokastro (17MW), Serres, Platanos, Crete.
A new joint venture in the energy 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).
Founded on 16 September 1999. Main shareholders of Enelco are:
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.
C.Rokas S.A. is an electric power company in Greece, 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%.
Main shareholders of Korinthos Power are:
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.