Amyntaio Power Plant

Amyntaio Power Station
Official nameΑΗΣ Αμυνταίου
CountryGreece
LocationAmyntaio, Western Macedonia
Coordinates40°37′8″N 21°41′2″E / 40.61889°N 21.68389°E / 40.61889; 21.68389
StatusOperational
Construction began1983
Commission date1987 (1987)
OwnerPublic Power Corporation (PPC)
Operator
Thermal power station
Primary fuelLignite
Site elevation660 m (2,165 ft)
Cooling sourcePolyfytos Lake
Cogeneration?Yes
Power generation
Units operational2 x 300 MW
Make and modelTurbo generator by LMZ; Sulzer boiler by Stein Industrie
Nameplate capacity600 MW

Amyntaio Power Station (Greek: ΑΗΣ Αμυνταίου) is a 600 MW coal-fired power station near Amyntaio in Western Macedonia, Greece. Build and commissioned in the mid 1980s, the power station is fuelled by lignite from the adjacent Amyntaio coal mine.

Today it is one of six power plants in an area called the Western Macedonia Lignite Center, which is located in the Ptolemaida Basin and constitutes the largest coalfield in Greece and the Balkans. Both the power plant and the adjacent mine are owned by the Public Power Corporation (PPC).