Çerkezköy power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}Çerkezköy power station (also known as EÜAŞ Çerkezköy power plant) is a proposed 990-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Tekirdağ province, Turkey.
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Location
The map below shows the approximate planned location of the plant in Pınarca and Kapaklı districts of Çerkezköy town, Tekirdağ province, Turkey.[1]
Background on Plant
Provinces like Tekirdağ, Kırklareli and Edirne in Trakya region of Turkey, have large agriculture and forest lands that planned coal power plants such as Eren-1, Vize or Çerkezköy, brought forward spatial plan revisions. Lignite reserves were previously explored in Çerkezköy basin,[1] the oldest geological reconnaissance for Trakya (Trace) region dates back to 1954,[2] and the use of lignite coal has been a priority under Turkey's energy strategy since 2009.[3]
In October 2016, Cerkezkoy plant was announced by Elektrik Üretim (EÜAŞ), the state-controlled power agency, to be built between Cerkezkoy town of Tekirdag and Silivri town of Istanbul[4] by the revision of upper-scale spatial plan.[5] By the revision, plant area that covers both Istanbul and Tekirdag cities was declared "energy generation area"; the revised plan was also announcing Vize power station. In February 2017, an emergency expropriation was issued to expedite the process.[6] Local community, Çerkezköy municipality, chambers and environmental groups[7] opened legal cases against expropriation and the spatial plan change. In September 2017, state council decided against the emergency expropriation.[8]
On 17th October 2017, the Ministry of Environment changed the spatial plan for Çerkezköy second time, as the plant coordinates had been changed. According to the new spatial plan, the plant was moved a little away from Istanbul to an area between Pınarca and Kapaklı districts of Çerkezköy town and the new plant area also was declared "energy generation area".[9] In November 2017, the EIA report, the official document that listed technical details for the first time, announced; the plant was planned to be 3 units x 330 MW capacity.[10] The company continue to environmental permission procedures despite the oppositions.[8] On 1st February 2018, the public permitting meeting as a part of EIA process was planned to be held. However, it is reported that some of the local community were not allowed to enter the meeting room, as a result, the protest grew and the meeting was cancelled.[11]
In December 2018, AKP Tekirdağ parliamentarians announced on their social media that the plant had been cancelled due to "technical" reasons.[12] On 4 February 2019, the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation cancelled "EIA positive decision" of the plant.[13] However as the May 2019, the revised spatial plans that marks the region as "energy generation area" had not been changed.[14] According to CAN Europe, the plant remains in pre-permit development.[15]
Environmental Impact
The plant is proposed to be built on agricultural and forest lands, environmental groups claim that it would cause 500 hectares of deforestation.[13] Çerkezköy plant had been protested several times by the local communities due to environmental and health concerns.[16] Greenpeace's report in 2018 estimates that Çerkezköy coal power plant would cause 141 premature deaths annually due to the exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 air pollutants.[17]
Costs
The Chamber of Electrical Engineers states that, due to a 15-year government purchase guarantee, the total cost of electricity from the plant could amount to 5.4 million US dollars (20.3 million lira) and that that would be a bad deal compared to renewable energy.[18]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Electricity Generation Corporation (EÜAŞ)
- Parent company: Electricity Generation Corporation (EÜAŞ)
- Location: Çerkezköy town, Çerkezköy district, Tekirdağ Province, Turkey
- Coordinates: 41.319, 28.055 (approximate)
- Status: Pre-permit development
- Gross capacity: 990 MW (3 x 330 MW)
- Type:
- Projected in service:
- Coal type: Lignite
- Coal source:
- Source of financing:
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Toolkit: Coal Power Generation and Health in Three Regions of Turkey; Çanakkale, İzmir and Tekirdağ, Health and Environment Alliance, January 2018.
- ↑ ERGENE (TRAKYA) HAVZASININ JEOLOJİSİ VE KÖMÜR POTANSİYELİ, Şengüler İ., (MTA), 2016.
- ↑ Enerji Güvenlik ve Strateji Belgesi, 21 Mayıs 2009.
- ↑ Çerkezköy Termik Santrali'nin yeri değiştirildi, T24, 31 December 2017.
- ↑ Plan Açıklama Raporu, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Oct. 2016.
- ↑ "Silivri ve Çerkezköy'e termik santral yapılacak," CNN Turkey, Feb 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Locals stage protests against the planned thermal plant in Istanbul’s Silivri," Hurriyet Daily News, June 5, 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Çevre Bakanlığı İptal Edildiği Açıklanan Çerkezköy Termik Santrali’ne “Devam” Dedi, Bianet, Jan 30, 2019.
- ↑ Plan Proje Müdürlüğü Eüaş Çerkezköy Termik Santraline İlişkin Duyuru, Cerkezkoy Municipality, Oct. 27, 2017.
- ↑ Çerkezköy EIA, Ministry of Environment and Urbanism online EIA database, 28 Nov 2017.
- ↑ Halk şerh düştü, Çerkezköy Haber, Feb 1 2018.
- ↑ Çerkezköy’de termik santral yapımı iptal edildi, Yeniçağ, 15 Dec. 2018.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Çerkezköy ve Kapaklı’da planlanan termik santral iptal edildi, TEMA, 8 Feb. 2019.
- ↑ Çerkezköy Termik Santrali için 1028 dilekçe, Kuzey Ormanları Savunması, 7 May 2019.
- ↑ Communication with CAN Europe, September 2019
- ↑ "Trakyalılar kömür santralini istemiyor," Sözcü, 17 May 2018.
- ↑ Trakya’da Termik Santral Tehlikesi, Greenpeace Turkey, Feb. 2018
- ↑ "Alım garantili SPE'nin faturası ağır" Gerçek Gündem, Feb 6, 2018.
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