How Greece Built a €1.4B Power Plant That Will Burn Its Fuel for Less Than Four Years

Greece finished its last lignite power plant, Ptolemaida Five, in February 2023. Six hundred and sixty megawatts, ultra-supercritical, forty-one and a half per cent efficient — the best the country ever built, burning brown coal that is more than forty per cent water. The contract allowed seventy months. The job took one hundred and nineteen. In that time the price of a tonne of carbon in the EU emissions trading system went from around five euros to around eighty. Greece stops burning lignite at the end of 2026, and the plant will be converted to gas in 2027. Unit one at the same site ran for fifty-one years. Unit five will run for four. #Greece #Engineering #PowerPlant #Energy #Infrastructure #Documentary DISCLAIMER _______________ This is not engineering advice. Everything here is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Contact an engineer licensed to practice in your area if you need professional advice or services. All non-licensed clips used for fair use commentary, criticism, and educational purposes.