The Dhekelia Power Station, located approximately 15 kilometers east of Larnaca, is one of three power plants operated by the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC).
The original plant was the first of the company, built in the mid-1950s. It consisted of seven steam turbo generators with a total capacity of 84 MW. As the machinery aged and demand increased, a new plant was constructed next to the old one.
The current power plant was built in five phases and consists of six steam turbines, each with a capacity of 60 MW, and six diesel engines of approximately 17 MW each.
The first two turbines and generators were supplied by Siemens and came online in 1982 and 1983. Turbines 3 and 4 were made by Toshiba, and the corresponding generators by Alstom, came online in 1986.
The steam plant was completed with the supply of turbogenerators 5 and 6 from Bharat Heavy Electricals in 1992 and 1993.
The six diesel engines run on either heavy fuel oil or diesel oil, with the first three being two-stroke MAN SE ones erected by Mitsui in 2009 and the other three being four-stroke ones manufactured by Wärtsilä in 2010. The original plant was demolished in the early 2000s.