Yatağan power station

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Yatağan Thermal Power Plant
Yatağan Thermal Power Plant - 2.jpg
Country
  • Turkey
Coordinates37°20′N 28°06′E / 37.33°N 28.1°E / 37.33; 28.1Coordinates: 37°20′N 28°06′E / 37.33°N 28.1°E / 37.33; 28.1
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 1982
Owner(s)
  • Aydem Energy
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 630 MW
Annual net output
  • 3,764 GWh (2019)
  • 3,835 GWh (2020)
External links
Websitewww.yatagantermik.com.tr

Yatağan Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Turkey in Yatağan, Muğla Province in the south-west of the country. Currently owned by Aydem Enerji[1] it has a 120m chimney. Yatağan thermal power plant consumes 5.4 million tons of coal and can produce 3,780 GWh annually, the least productive power station in Turkey.[2] The area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot[3] and as of 2017 the air pollution caused by Yatağan and neighboring Kemerköy power station and Yeniköy power station is estimated to have caused 45,000 premature deaths.[4] 2 workers were killed in 2018 and the plant's safety has been criticized by the Chamber of Engineers.[5] In 2018 the plant received 70 million lira capacity payments,[6] and 94 million lira in 2019.[7] In 2019 local people protested against 48 villages being destroyed by expansion of the mine feeding the plant.[8] Opponents of the coal mining also claim it threatens the ancient city of Lagina.[9] İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği (Climate Change Policy and Research Association) said that the plant was given a 5 year licence despite not having rehabilitated former ash storage landfill.[10]:79

References[]

  1. ^ "Thermal Generation | Aydem Energy". Thermal Generation | Aydem Energy. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. ^ ALPHAN, MELİS (10 July 2017). "Nature and history butchered for coal". Hurriyet Daily News.
  3. ^ "Global SO2 emission hotspot database" (PDF). Greenpeace. August 2019.
  4. ^ "THE REAL COSTS OF COAL: MUĞLA". CAN Europe.
  5. ^ "Tmmob: Yatağan Termik Santrali'ndeki Kaza İş Güvenliğinin Önemini Ortaya Koymuştur". Haber. 30 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Kapasite mekanizmasıyla 2019'da 40 santrale 1.6 milyar lira ödendi". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). 6 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Muğla'da köylerinin boşaltılmasını istemeyen köylüler: Bu memleket bizim!". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  9. ^ Birgün, Birgün. "Termik santral bir köyü yok ediyor". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  10. ^ Çaltı, Nuray; Bozoğlu, Dr. Baran; Aldırmaz, Ahmet Turan; Atalar, Gülşah Deniz (2 June 2021). Özelleştirilmiş Termik Santraller ve Çevre Mevzuatına Uyum Süreçleri [Privatized Thermal Power Plants and Environmental Legislation Compliance Processes] (Report) (in Turkish). İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği.

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