Larissa Thermoelectric power station — Greece

Larissa Thermoelectric power station is a 792 MW gas power station in Thessaly, Greece. It ranks #10 of 99 Greece power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 38.4% of Greece's electricity; the national grid averages 315 gCO₂/kWh (49.7% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_larissathermoelectric_greece.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 792 MW, Larissa Thermoelectric power station is well above the median gas plant in Greece (444 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #6 largest gas power plant of 19 in Greece by capacity.

Greece has 19 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 10,957 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Karatzis Larissa power station · Gas · 665 MW · Thessaly
• Polydamada Solar Power Plant · Solar · 10 MW · Thessaly
• Aerino · Solar · 5.5 MW · Thessaly
• Volos Solar Power Plant · Solar · 2 MW · Thessaly
• Karditsa · Solar · 9 MW · Thessaly
• Domokos · Solar · 10.4 MW · Central Greece

Location

Coordinates 39.688611, 22.473889 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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