Teknecik power station is a 260 MW gas power station in Cyprus, Cyprus. It is operated by Teknecik Elektrik Santrali. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 293k homes (estimated). It ranks #3 of 6 Cyprus power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1995, it is around 31 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 0.0% of Cyprus's electricity; the national grid averages 489 gCO₂/kWh (27.8% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_teknecik_cyprus.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100001000068; fuel: GEM GOGPT
Technically it is described as Steam. 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.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Teknecik Elektrik Santrali.
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 35.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #2 largest gas power plant of 3 in Cyprus by capacity.
Cyprus has 3 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 1,233 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 35.335, 33.4577 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Teknecik power station is a 260 MW gas power plant in Cyprus, Cyprus, commissioned in 1995.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 292,834 homes (estimated).
Teknecik power station is operated by Teknecik Elektrik Santrali.
