District heating for the wider Amyntaio area is a project that was constructed (phase I) between 2000 and 2004, has been in operation since 2005, and was extended in 2008-2009 (phase II) and in 2014-2015 (phase III), providing thermal energy to the buildings in the townships of Amyntaio, Levaia and Philotas.

The system’s thermal energy is drawn from the DEI S.A. SES Amyntaio, through two-staged turbine steam extraction. The district heating system is connected to both units of the steam-electric power station, at 100% backup. Today, one extraction device from each turbine has been constructed and operates, with a nominal heat output of 25 MWth. If the next extraction device from each turbine is also connected to the district heating system, the system’s nominal heat output can rise up to 40 MWth. The first phase of the project provided, to save resources, the installation of the necessary equipment for the operation of district heating with thermal loads up to 25MWth – equal to the initial capacity of the steam-electric power station, with the gradual installation of approximately 1350 consumer supply connections. The installation’s peak power is expected to reach 34 MWth, if 100% of the buildings in the three townships, corresponding to approximately 1900 connections, are connected to the system.