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Messochora — Greece

Hydro power plant in Epirus, Greece. Approximate location 39.4646, 21.3021.

HydroEpirusGreececonventional storageConstruction

Messochora is a 160 MW hydro power station in Epirus, Greece. It ranks #35 of 99 Greece power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 5.9% of Greece's electricity; the national grid averages 315 gCO₂/kWh (49.7% low-carbon) (2025).

160MW installed capacity
1995Construction

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1061079.

Data status

Known data

FacilityMessochora WRI
CountryGreece · Epirus WRI
Coordinates39.4646, 21.3021 WRI
FuelHydro WRI
MW installed capacity160 MW WRI GPPD; source record
OwnerPublic Power Corporation SA [100%] WRI
Commissioned1995 WRI
Technologyconventional storage WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#35 / 99 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#9 / 18 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.00× · 160 MW · n=18 calculated
Climate9.7°C · HDD 3,062 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC3 · 29/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 160 MW, Messochora is around the median hydro plant in Greece (160 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #9 largest hydro power plant of 18 in Greece by capacity.

Greece has 18 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 3,729 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 39.4646, 21.3021 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Messochora?

Messochora is a 160 MW hydro power plant in Epirus, Greece, Construction 1995.

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