Tunçbilek power station

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 mined locally.[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] The plant would have to be upgraded to meet the 2020 emission standard.[4]

Tunçbilek power station
Country
  • Turkey
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 365 MW

References

  1. "Çelikler Tunçbilek Termik Santrali". Çelikler Holding (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  2. "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
  3. "Global SO2 emission hotspot database" (PDF). Greenpeace. August 2019.
  4. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Baskı sonuç verdi: Filtresiz termik santrallere izin çıkmadı | DW | 15.02.2019". DW.COM (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-09-04.

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