Gerze power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}Gerze power station is a proposed 1,200-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Sinop province, Turkey.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant's site, which is near Yaykıl village, Gerze district, Sinop province.
Background on Plant
This two-unit, 1,200-MW coal-fired power plant was proposed by the Anadolu Group.[1] The project received initial permits in November 2008.[2]
In November 2011 ten thousand people from various provinces and districts of Turkey gathered in Gerze on November 26, 2011 to protest the construction of the plant. A demonstration was organized by the Platform for a Green Gerze (YEGEP) and attended by members of the Green Party, the Ecology Collective, Greenpeace and others. It was reported that the protestors chanted slogans like "Gerze does not want coal" and "The people of Gerze do not stand alone". Additionally, Greenpeace launched an internet signature campaign in 2011 against the coal-run thermal power plant, which gathered over 37,000 supporters.[3]
In August 2013 the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization rejected the Environmental Impact Assesment report for the plant for the fourth time, saying the proposed plant was within a forest area and that the proposal should be redrafted to stay outside forest areas. Environmental groups say the area is covered in forest, which would make a new proposal infeasible.[4]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Gerze Enerji Santrali
- Parent company: Anadolu Group
- Location: Yaykıl village, Gerze district, Sinop province, Turkey
- Coordinates: 41.86621, 35.12424 (exact)(approximate)
- Status: On hold indefinitely
- Detailed status: Reapplication for environmental permits
- Gross capacity: 1,200 MW
- Type: Supercritical[1]
- Projected in service: TBD
- Coal type: Bituminous[5]
- Coal source: Imported[1]
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gerze Enerji Santrali Teknik Özellikleri, Gerze Enerji Santrali website, accessed Apr. 2014.
- ↑ Gerze Enerji Santrali, Kara Atlas, accessed Apr. 2014.
- ↑ "Resistance against Coal-Fired Plant in Gerze "Bianet" November 28, 2011.
- ↑ "A Win with a big 'W'" 350.org, Sep 3, 2013.
- ↑ Anadolu Group, "Gerze Thermal Power Plant", Anadolu Group website, accessed September 2013.
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External resources
- Chris Walker and Morgan Hartley, "Special report Coal and Corruption: The Battle for Gerze", The Ecologist, August 17th, 2012.
