Yatağan power station

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 MWh 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]

Yatağan Thermal Power Plant
Country
  • Turkey
Coordinates37°20′N 28°06′E
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)

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.
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