Yatağan power station explained

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 from mines such as Turgut[2] and can produce 3,780 GWh annually, the least productive power station in Turkey.[3] The area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot[4] and the air pollution caused by Yatağan and neighboring Kemerköy power station and Yeniköy power station is estimated to have caused 45,000 premature deaths.[5] It is estimated that closing the plant by 2030, instead of when its licence ends in 2063, would prevent over 9000 premature deaths.[6] Two workers were killed in 2018 and the plant's safety has been criticized by the Chamber of Engineers.[7]

In 2018 the plant received 70 million lira capacity payments,[8] and 94 million lira in 2019.[9] In 2019 local people protested against 48 villages being destroyed by expansion of the mine feeding the plant.[10] Opponents of the coal mining also claim it threatens the ancient city of Lagina.[11] İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği (Climate Change Policy and Research Association) said that the plant was given a 5 year licence despite not having rehabilitated former ash storage landfill.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thermal Generation Aydem Energy. Thermal Generation Aydem Energy. en. 2020-05-31.
  2. Web site: 2022-08-10 . Yatağan Termik Santrali ile ilgili davamız MUÇEP - Muğla Çevre Platformu . 2023-04-09 . tr.
  3. News: ALPHAN . MELİS . Nature and history butchered for coal . Hurriyet Daily News . 10 July 2017.
  4. News: Global SO2 emission hotspot database. August 2019. Greenpeace.
  5. Web site: THE REAL COSTS OF COAL: MUĞLA . CAN Europe.
  6. Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey . Health and Environment Alliance . en-GB . 2022.
  7. News: Tmmob: Yatağan Termik Santrali'ndeki Kaza İş Güvenliğinin Önemini Ortaya Koymuştur . Haber . 30 July 2018.
  8. Web site: Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı . Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Kapasite mekanizmasıyla 2019'da 40 santrale 1.6 milyar lira ödendi. 6 February 2020. Enerji Günlüğü. tr.
  10. Web site: Muğla'da köylerinin boşaltılmasını istemeyen köylüler: Bu memleket bizim!. birgun.net. tr. 2019-09-04.
  11. Web site: Termik santral bir köyü yok ediyor. Birgün. Birgün. birgun.net. tr. 2019-10-03.
  12. Özelleştirilmiş Termik Santraller ve Çevre Mevzuatına Uyum Süreçleri. Çaltı. Nuray. Bozoğlu. Dr. Baran. 2 June 2021. İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği. Aldırmaz. Ahmet Turan. Atalar. Gülşah Deniz. Privatized Thermal Power Plants and Environmental Legislation Compliance Processes. tr.

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