Cyprus Electricity Authority - Vasiliko Power Station

 power station, thermal power station

The power plant was badly damaged following an explosion at the nearby Military facility on the 11th of July 2011 [Current Event].

This is the newest power plant of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus. It is located between Larnaca and Limassol and it is still developing. The first phase came online in the early 2000s and consisted of two ABB steam turbogenerators each with a capacity of 130 MW and a gas turbine at 37.5 MW. Steam is produced in heavy fuel oil fired boilers made by Austrian Energy and Environment. The boilers may be converted to using coal, but it is unlikely that this option will be exercised.

The second phase consists of a single-steam turbogenerator at 130 MW that came online in 2005. The boiler for this was supplied by Ansaldo and it too burns heavy fuel oil. This cannot be converted to burning coal and so it is physically smaller than the other two.

The Authority has decided on combined cycle technology for the third unit of the plant. Two gas fired turbogenerators will be combined with one steam turbogenerator. There is provision for diesel firing until a gas terminal is built in Cyprus.