Çan-1 power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}Çan-1 power station also known as "18 Mart Çan Termik Santrali" is a 320-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Çanakkale province, Turkey.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is near Yaya village, Çan district, Çanakkale province. The Çan-2 power station is being built adjacent to it.
Background on Plant
The two-unit, 160 MW coal plant [1] was built in 2003 and is currently owned by EÜAŞ,[2] the national Turkish energy producer. Çan lignite mine is adjacent to it.
Environmental impact
In February 2019 the Right to Clean Air Platform, a coalition of 17 professional organizations and NGOs, successfully campaigned to stop the Turkish Parliament from delaying stronger air pollution requirements for old coal plants from 2019 until 2021.[3] The delay would have allowed Çan-1 to continue to operate without a desulphurization system or modernised dust filters.[4]
Project Details
- Sponsor: EÜAŞ
- Parent company: Government of Turkey
- Location: Yaya village, Çan district, Çanakkale province, Turkey
- Coordinates: 40.02023, 26.97560 (approximate)
- Status: Operating
- Gross capacity: 320 MW (Units 1&2: 160 MW)
- Start year: 2003
- Type: Subcritical
- Coal type: Lignite
- Coal source: Çan lignite mine
- Source of financing:
- WRI ID: WRI1018717
- EBC ID: TR-12
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 2*160 MW ÇAN TERMİK SANTRALİ, ALSON ENEJİ VE İMAR A.Ş., accessed Jan. 2018.
- ↑ 18 Mart Çan Termik Santralı İşletme Müdürlüğü, EUAŞ website, accessed Jan. 2018.
- ↑ Step forward for health protection in Turkey: Proposal to extend the pollution exemptions given to privatised coal power plants withdrawn, Health And Environment Alliance, Feb. 15, 2019
- ↑ Turkish Parliament will vote about polluting coal power plants next week, Health And Environment Alliance, Feb. 1, 2019
