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4 unusual facts about Public Power Corporation of Greece


Greek industrial railways

The major industries were AEVAL (fertilizers), the Public Power Corporation power plants (electricity generation) and LIPTOL (cogeneration of electricity and production of dried lignite in dust and brick form).

Kleitos, Kozani

Kleitos settlement has been relocated in the current location due to the lignite mines' of the Public Power Corporation of Greece expansion towards the original settlement.

Kozani–Amyntaio railway

Industrial branch lines connect to the PPC power plants of Ptolemais and Agios Dimitrios, normally used by freight trains carrying light fuel oil.

Thessaloniki–Bitola railway

At Amyntaio the Kozani–Amyntaio railway branches off towards Kozani, serving Ptolemaida and the power stations of the national power company ΔΕΗ.



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