The Copelouzos and Karatzis corporate groups are the latest energy-sector players planning to develop new natural-gas fueled power stations, following Mytilineos, already granted a production license, and Gek Terna, whose project plan had become known but was not officially announced until yesterday.

The Copelouzos group has applied to RAE, Greece’s Regulatory Authority for Energy, for a production license concerning a 660-MW combined cycle power plant in Alexandroupoli, northeastern Greece. The Karatzis group, owner of the electricity supplier KEN, has submitted an application to the authority for the development of a 665-MW combined cycle facility in the mid-north Larissa area.

The Copelouzos group submitted its application to RAE in December while the Karatzis group forwarded its bid to the authority last month, energypress sources have informed.

As has been previously reported, the Mytilineos group plans to develop a 650-MW facility in the Viotia area, northwest of Athens, while Gek Terna is preparing to set up a 660-MW gas-fueled unit in Komotini, northeastern Greece.

The similar capacities envisioned for all four project plans are not coincidental. Technical experts consider power plant capacities of approximately 660 MW as ideal for optimal efficiency.