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] According to İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği (Climate Change Policy and Research Association) in 2021 the plant operated without a licence for 11 days without penalty.[4]: 79 

Tunçbilek power station
Country
  • Turkey
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 1956
Owner(s)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 365 MW
Annual net output
  • 2 GWh (2020)
  • 760 GWh (2019)

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. Çaltı, Nuray; Bozoğlu, Dr. Baran; Aldırmaz, Ahmet Turan; Atalar, Gülşah Deniz (2 June 2021). Özelleştirilmiş Termik Santraller ve Çevre Mevzuatına Uyum Süreçleri [Privatized Thermal Power Plants and Environmental Legislation Compliance Processes] (Report) (in Turkish). İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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