Yatağan power station

Yatağan Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired power station in Yatağan, Muğla in western Turkey. Currently owned by highly indebted Bereket 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] 2 workers were killed in 2018 and the plant's safety has been criticized by the Chamber of Engineers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Turkey's Bereket Is Said to Begin Sales to Pay $4 Billion Debt". Bloomberg. 5 July 2018.
  2. ↑ ALPHAN, MELİS (10 July 2017). "Nature and history butchered for coal". Hurriyet Daily News.
  3. ↑ "Tmmob: Yatağan Termik Santrali'ndeki Kaza İş Güvenliğinin Önemini Ortaya Koymuştur". Haber. 30 July 2018.

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