Atlas power station explained

Atlas power station or Atlas Enerji İskenderun power station is a 1200-megawatt coal-fired power station in Turkey in İskenderun in Hatay Province,^[1] which burns imported and local coal and receives capacity payments.^[2] Construction was financed by Garanti Bank, Akbank and Işbank.^[3]

It is estimated that closing the plant by 2030, instead of when its licence ends in 2057, would prevent over 5000 premature deaths.^[4]

Climate Trace estimates the power station emitted over 5 million tons of the total 730 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey in 2022.^[5] So its owner Atlas Energy (itself owned by Diler Holding) is on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List.^[6]

External links

• Atlas power station on Global Energy Monitor

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-09-03. A Chinese coal plant highlights Turkey’s flawed energy policy. 2022-01-04. China Dialogue. en.
2. Web site: 2021-11-01. 2022’de 51 santrale kapasite desteği verilecek. 2022-01-02. Enerji Günlüğü. tr.
3. Web site: SGS case study. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923003400/https://www.sgsgroup.us.com/-/media/global/documents/case-studies/sgs-ind-power-generation-due-diligence-in-turkey-a4-en-10.pdf . 2020-09-23 .
4. Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey . Health and Environment Alliance . en-GB . 2022.
5. Web site: Explore Map . 2024-03-10 . . en.
6. Web site: 2023 . Explore the Data . coalexit.org.