Çayırhan power station
Çayırhan power station is a 620 MW operational coal fired power station in Turkey and a proposed 800 MW extension, in Ankara Province.[6] In 2019 land was expropriated for another lignite mine, to feed the new plant, which is being opposed as uneconomic and polluting.[4]
Çayırhan power station | |
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Official name | Çayırhan Termik Santrali |
Country | Turkey |
Location | Çayırhan |
Coordinates | 40.097°N 31.695°E |
Status | Operational and Planned |
Construction cost | of expansion $1.1 billion estimated[1] |
Owner(s) | Ciner Group via Park Thermic[2][3] (existing) & Çayırhan Elektrik Üretim ve Madencilik Anonim Şirketi[4] (a Kolin Kalyon Çelikler joint venture)[1] (planned) |
Operator(s) | Park Thermic[3] (existing) |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Lignite |
Turbine technology | subcritical (existing plant)[5] |
Feed-in tariff | $60.4 per megawatt[1] (proposed plant) |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 620 MW[3] |
Units planned | 800 MW [1] |
Annual net output | 4.2 GWh (estimate for extension)[4] |
External links | |
Website | parktermik.com (existing plant) |
History
In 2017 the government privatized the Çayırhan-B lignite coalfield on condition a coal-fired power plant is built, in the hope that it would be the first of a wave of similar deals for various lignite coalfields around the country.[7]
Finance
The cost of the extension is estimated at $1.1-billion.[1]
Subsidies
The government is giving a 15-year purchase guarantee.[1]
Economics
The winning consortium bid $60.4 per megawatt, but according to opponents of the extension expanding Turkey's solar power would save taxpayers money in the long term.[4]
Employment
The company says it will employ 500 people in the plant and 1,500 for coal mining.[1]
Coal supply
As Turkish lignite is heavy compared to its energy content coal must be sourced locally. Coalfields in Ankara province include Beypazarı-Çayırhan, Gölbaşı-Karagedik, Gölbaşı-Bahçeköy, Ayaş-Kayıbucak and Şereflikoçhisar.[7]
Electricity generation
Environmental Impact
Despite the environmental impact assessment having been approved opponents of the extension claim the environment will be damaged.
Dust
As of 2020 the plant is operating with inadequate dust filters[8] and Turkey has no legal limit on ambient fine particules (PM2.5). Opponents claim that Nallıhan bird sanctuary, 6 km away, could be damaged.[4]
Sulfur Dioxide
As of 2020 the plant is operating with inadequate sulfur treatment,[9][8] and the area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot[10]
Nitrogen oxides
As of 2020 the plant is operating without sufficient NOx filtering.[8]
Greenhouse gases
After extension the power station would contribute an estimated 4 megatonnes (Mt) a year to Turkey's greenhouse gas emissions.[4] As Turkey has no carbon emission trading it would not be economically viable to capture and store the gas.[11]
Opposition
The Chamber of Mechanical Engineers has questioned why the existing plant was granted a 2020 operating license without meeting air pollution standards.[8] Opponents include Ankara 350.org and singer Tarkan.[4]
See also
- Energy policy of Turkey
- List of power stations in Turkey
- Electricity sector in Turkey
References
- "$1.1 billion investment planned in coal plant". Daily Sabah. 7 February 2017.
- "Park Termik". Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "Park Thermic". Ciner Group. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "Çevrecilerin karşı çıktığı proje için 'acele kamulaştırma' kararı". Gazete Duvar. 16 April 2019.
- "Çayırhan power station". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "EMBA Electricity Production Co. Inc". EMBA Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "Ankara". Coal in Turkey. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "MMO Başkanı, Termik Santraller İle İlgili Bir Basın Açıklaması Yaptı". Enerji Portalı (in Turkish). 24 January 2020.
- 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.
- "Global SO2 emission hotspot database" (PDF). Greenpeace. August 2019.
- Esmaeili, Danial (June 2018). Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage in the Context of Turkish Energy Market (PDF). Sabancı University.
External links
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