Yeniköy power station
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| Coordinates | 37°08′28″N 27°52′22″E / 37.141°N 27.87275°ECoordinates: 37°08′28″N 27°52′22″E / 37.141°N 27.87275°E |
| Status | Operational |
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Yeniköy power station is a 420 MW coal-fired power station in Turkey in Yeniköy, Muğla built in the late 20th century,[1] which burns lignite mined locally. The plant is owned by Limak- IC İçtaş[2] and in 2020 it received 93 million lira ($16,000,000) capacity payments.[3] The area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot[4] and as of 2017 the air pollution caused by Yeniköy and neighboring Yatağan power station and Kemerköy power station is estimated to have caused 45,000 premature deaths.[5] In 2019 local people protested against 48 villages being destroyed by expansion of the mine feeding the plant.[6]
The plant was inspected by Istanbul Technical University in 2019 before new pollution regulations came into force at the beginning of 2020, and they made various improvement recommendations, such as better groundwater monitoring near the ash ponds.[7]:31 Despite improvements such as better flue gas filters not being completed on all units, the plant was allowed to operate on a temporary licence in 2020, and in January 2021 the plant was granted a second temporary operating licence with a requirement to submit an environmental report to the ministry in June.[7]:50 to 52
References[]
- ^ "YENİKÖY THERMAL PLANT".
- ^ "YENIKÖY KEMERKÖY THERMAL POWER PLANTS". Limak.
- ^ "TEİAŞ". TEİAŞ. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "Global SO2 emission hotspot database" (PDF). Greenpeace. August 2019.
- ^ "THE REAL COSTS OF COAL: MUĞLA". CAN Europe.
- ^ "Muğla'da köylerinin boşaltılmasını istemeyen köylüler: Bu memleket bizim!". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-09-04.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
External links[]
- Yeniköy power station on Global Energy Monitor
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