Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi Power Plant

Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi Power Plant (Turkish: Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi Enerji Santralı) is a natural gas-fired power plant in Tekirdağ Province northwestern Turkey.

Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi Power Plant
Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi Power Plant
Official name	Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi Enerji Santralı
Country	Turkey
Location	Sultanköy, Marmara Ereğlisi, Tekirdağ Province
Coordinates	41.007564°N 27.973473°E / 41.007564; 27.973473
Status	Operational
Commission date	1999
Construction cost	US$ 360 million
Owner(s)	Uni-Mar
Operator(s)	National Power
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Combined cycle?	Yes
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	480 MW
Annual net output	3.6 TW·h
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Electrical substation of the power plant.

Natural gas storage tanks of the power plant.

The electric power plant is situated at Sultanköy in Marmara Ereğlisi of Tekirdağ Province,[1] around 100 km (62 mi) west of Istanbul. It is adjacent to the Marmara Ereğlisi LNG Storage Facility. It is a combined cycle plant with 480 MW installed power and 3.6 TW·h annual generation capacity.[2] The power plant and its electrical substation were built by the Swedish ASEA Brown Boveri (ABB) on a build–operate–transfer (BOT) basis, and went in service in 1999.[1] The construction cost US$360 million. The plant is owned by the Turkish private power producer Uni-Mar Co., which is co-owned by the Japanese Marubeni and the Belgian Unit International.[1] The British energy company National Power is in charge of operation of the power plant.[2][3]

The plant features advanced combined cycle technology with two 160-MW gas turbines and one steam turbine.[3] Natural gas fired in the power plant is obtained from the state-owned crude oil and natural gas pipelines and trading company BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), which operates the neighboring LNG storage facility. Generated electrical energy is sold to the state-owned electric utility TETAŞ.[2]