Chania Power Station

Chania Power Station is a natural gas power plant located in Chania on Crete island, Greece. It consists of two gas turbine units with a total capacity of about 120 MW. The power station is owned by the Public Power Corporation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kydonia and Archaeological Museum of Chania.

Kydonia

Archaeological site

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.

Kydonia, also known as Cydonia was an ancient city located at the site of present-day Chania near the west end of the island of Crete in Greece. The city is known from archaeological remains dating back to the Minoan era as well as literary and historical sources. Kydonia is situated 3½ km northwest of Chania Power Station.

Archaeological Museum of Chania

Museum

Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Archaeological Museum of Chania is a archaeology museum serving the Cretean city of Chania that, since 2022, is located at 15 Skra Str. Chalepa. The original museum was located in the former Venetian Monastery of Saint Francis at Chalidon Street. Archaeological Museum of Chania is situated 3 km north of Chania Power Station.

Yiali Tzami

Photo: Jebulon, CC0.

The Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque, also known as the Yalı Mosque, is a former mosque located in Chania, on the island of Crete, Greece. Built in 1645 during the Ottoman era, the former mosque was abandoned in 1923, and subsequently repurposed as an exhibition center. Yiali Tzami is situated 3½ km northwest of Chania Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nerokouros and Mournies.

Nerokouros

Village

Nerokouros is a village in Crete, in the regional unit of Chania.

Mournies

Village

Mournies is a village in Crete, in the regional unit of Chania. Between 1997 and 2010, it was the seat of the former municipality of Eleftherios Venizelos. Mournies is famous for being the place of birth of the statesman Eleftherios Venizelos. Mournies is situated 2½ km west of Chania Power Station.

Souda

Town

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Souda is a town and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal unit. Souda is situated 2½ km east of Chania Power Station.

Chania Power Station

Type: Power station
Description: power plant on the island of Crete, Greece
Categories: gas turbine power station and industry
Location: Chania, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

35.48847° or 35° 29′ 19″ north

Longitude

24.03838° or 24° 2′ 18″ east

Operator

Public Power Corporation SA

Open location code

8G76F2QQ+99

OpenStreetMap ID

way 79766866

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

Q5072189

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Norwegian Bokmål—“Chania Power Station” goes by many names.

Arabic: “محطة خانية للطاقة”
French: “centrale thermique de Chaniá”
French: “Centrale thermique de Chaniá”
French: “centrale thermique de La Canée”
German: “Kraftwerk Chania”
Greek: “Σταθμός παραγωγής ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας Χανίων”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Khania kraftverk”
Norwegian: “Khaniá kraftverk”

Notable Places Nearby

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