NECP - Final retirement of coal-fired power generation plants

The government announced the retiring of the following lignite power generation plants by 2023 (3,912‬ MW in total):

• Kardia 1&2 in 2019 (550 MW)
• Amyntaio 1&2 in 2020 (546 MW)
• Kardia 3&4 in 2021 (560 MW)
• Agios Dimitrios 1,2,3&4 and Megalopolis 3 in 2022 (1 369 MW)
• Agios Dimitrios 5, Florina/Meliti, Megalopolis 4 in 2023 (887 MW)

The last coal-fired unit, Ptolemaida V, is still under construction and has a capacity of 660 MW. Its phase-out is set for 2025, after which it will be converted to a natural gas plant. 

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