Tunçbilek power station

Tunçbilek power station
Tunçbilek power station
Country	Turkey;
Coordinates	39°37′41″N 29°27′45″E / 39.6281°N 29.4626°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1956;
	Çelikler Holding;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite;
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	365 MW;
Annual net output	0 GWh (2021); 2 GWh (2020); 534 GWh (2022); 760 GWh (2019);
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Tunçbilek power station (also known as Çelikler Tunçbilek power station) is a 365 MW coal-fired power station in Turkey in Kütahya built in the 1970s, which burns lignite from Tunçbilek coal mine.^[1] The plant is owned by Çelikler Holding and in 2018 received 41 million lira capacity payments.^[2] The area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot.^[3] According to İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği (Climate Change Policy and Research Association) in 2021 the plant operated without a licence for 11 days without penalty.^[4]^: 79

In 2022 it was operating on a temporary licence.^[5]^: 30

It is estimated that closing the plant by 2030, instead of when its licence ends in 2064, would prevent over 6000 premature deaths.^[6]

References

^ "Çelikler Tunçbilek Termik Santrali". Çelikler Holding (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-10-03.
^ "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
^ "Global SO2 emission hotspot database" (PDF). Greenpeace. August 2019.
^ 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.
^ "Çevre Mevzuatina Uyumsüreci Balaminda bir Decerlendirme" (PDF).
^ Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey (Report). Health and Environment Alliance. 2022.

External links

Tunçbilek power station on Global Energy Monitor

[1] "Çelikler Tunçbilek Termik Santrali". Çelikler Holding (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-10-03.

[cappay2018-2] "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.

[3] "Global SO2 emission hotspot database" (PDF). Greenpeace. August 2019.

[4] 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.

[5] "Çevre Mevzuatina Uyumsüreci Balaminda bir Decerlendirme" (PDF).

[6] Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey (Report). Health and Environment Alliance. 2022.

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