Electricity Generation Company (Turkey)

The Electricity Generation Company (Turkish: Elektrik Üretim A.Ş.; EÜAŞ) is the largest electric power company in Turkey.[2] Owned by the government, it produces and trades electricity throughout the country.[3]

Electricity Generation Company
Elektrik Üretim A.Ş.
Typestate-owned enterprise
IndustryUtilities, energy
Founded2001
Headquarters
Ankara
,
Turkey
Key people
Halil ALIŞ (Chairman)
ProductsLignite mining, electricity generation, transmission and trading
Number of employees
6052[1]
Websitewww.euas.gov.tr

History

EÜAŞ was founded by the government in 2001. Its main purpose was to plan and implement the energy policy of Turkey which, through the exploitation of the domestic products and resources, would distribute cheap electric power to all Turkish citizens. In 2018 it took over the state-owned electricity trading firm TETAŞ.[4]

Power plants

As of 2019 EUAŞ owns almost a fifth of Turkey's total generating capacity[3] including coal, gas, hydro and wind power stations.[5]

Lignite coalfields

As of 2020 EUAŞ owns most of the country's lignite in 7 coalfields, including the largest Elbistan.[5]

Pollution and deaths

As it owns the old Can-1 and Afşin-Elbistan B power stations and buys from private sector lignite-fired plants its coal-fired electricity is highly polluting.[6] In 2010 its coal-fired plants were responsible for over 50 thousand years of lost life and over a million working days lost.[7]

Electricity Trading

Çan-2 coal-fired power station opened in 2018 and EÜAŞ guaranteed 7 years of electricity purchases at a cost of between 64 and 70m USD per year.[8]

Economics

EÜAŞ (with state-owned gas and oil company BOTAŞ) is an oligopoly and sets a soft cap on electricity spot prices; whereas prices to end consumers are regulated.[9] In 2018 EÜAŞ lost 1.8 billion lira.[10] Support for coal in Turkey resulting from annual expenditures of EÜAȘ in primary materials and supplies is estimated at ₺953 million (US$272 million) per year (2016–2017 average).[11] It is on the Global Coal Exit List.[12]

Sources
  • Doukas, Alex; Gençsü, Ipek (June 2019). Turkey: G20 coal subsidies (PDF). Overseas Development Institute (Report).

References
  1. "Personel Durumu". Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. "Turkey's Euas misses payment to lignite-fired plants". Argus. 17 August 2018.
  3. "Republic of Turkey Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources - Electricity". enerji.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  4. "Turkey: Transitional Amendments Under Decree No. 703". Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. "Santraller" (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  6. "TURKEY'S COAL POLICIES RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, ECONOMY AND HEALTH" (PDF). Istanbul Policy Center.
  7. "Silent Killers: Why Turkey Must Replace Coal Power Projects With Green Energy" (PDF). Greenpeace Mediterranean.
  8. "Kömür yerli ama ödemesi dolarla". Sözcü. 5 February 2019.
  9. "Turkish lira tumble triggers electricity curtailment fears". ICIS. 13 August 2018.
  10. "Electricity distribution and production scandals in Turkey". www.duvarenglish.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  11. Doukas (2019), p. 2
  12. "EÜAŞ". coalexit.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
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