Ayas power station
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Ayas power station is a proposed 625-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Adana province, Turkey.
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Location
The map below shows the proposed location for the plant, near Sugözü village, Yumurtalık district, Adana province.[1]
Background on Plant
The Ayas Enerji plant is a proposal of Ayas Enerji — a 50-50 partnership between Ordu Yardımlaşma Kurumu (OYAK, the Turkish armed forces pension fund), and AES Entek (itself a 50-50 partnership between Koç Holding and the U.S.-based AES Corporation). It was originally a two-unit, 1,230-MW proposal, with the first 615-MW unit to be built initially, and the second at some unspecified later date.[2][3][4]
In April 2009, the project received a license for an 800 MW plant from the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK). Site preparation work was reported as completed, and conducted by EKTON Construction & Logistics.[5]
A 2014 Ayas presentation reported the plant had been downsized to 625 MW.[6] The project's cost is listed as 1.2 billion lira, or US$460 million.[7]
In 2014 AES sold out to Koç. [8]
In March 2015, Ayas Enerji held an environmental permitting public hearing in Sugözü.[9] Activists and community members with Adana Environmental Platform protested at the meeting.[10] The project's license was challenged due to a high concentration of proposed plants in the area.[11]
As of March 2018 the project exists only on the Turkish section of the Koç website.[12]
In December 2018 the 13th Chamber of the Council of State was expected to decide on a lawsuit filed by Eastern Mediterranean Environment Associations (DAÇE) to have the plant's license revoked. The suit argues that the plant should not be licensed or built because of its impact on global warming.[13]
According to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) the plant was under construction and 19% complete as of January 2019.[14] However satellite photography from Planet shows only ground-clearing occurring at the site between January 2019 and June 2019.
In December 2019 the website for Ayas stated that the project was still in the investment stage.[15]
Fuel source
The plant would burn imported coal, from Russia, the Americas, or South Africa.[1]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Ayas Enerji Üretim Veticaret A.Ş.
- Parent company: Ordu Yardımlaşma Kurumu (OYAK, 50%), Koç Holding via Entek Elektrik (50%)
- Location: Sugözü village, Yumurtalık district, Adana province, Turkey
- Coordinates: 36.82211, 35.86753 (exact)[1]
- Status: Permitted
- Detailed Status: Misis EIA
- Gross capacity: 625 MW
- Type: Supercritical
- Coal type: Bituminous
- Coal source: Imported
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ADANA AYAS ENERJI ELEKTRIK ÜRETIM A.S.: ÇEVRESEL ETKI DEĞERLENDIRMESI BASVURU DOSYASI (Environmental Impact Assessment Application File), Çınar Mühendislik Müsavirlik A.S., 3 Feb. 2015.
- ↑ Ayas Enerji Üretim Veticaret A.Ş., OYAK website, accessed Mar. 2014.
- ↑ OYAK 2012 Annual Report, pp. 17, 60.
- ↑ AES Joint Venture Signs Partnership Agreement with Turkey's Largest Pension Fund to Develop Power Project in South East Turkey, AES press release, Dec. 20, 2011.
- ↑ Ayas Energy Production Company, EKTON website, accessed Mar. 2014.
- ↑ "AYGAZ Investor Presentation," May 2014
- ↑ Misis Termik Santrali`nde ÇED süreci başladı, Enerji Günlüğü, 12 Feb. 2015.
- ↑ "AES Corp pulls out of Turkey", Utilities ME, October 14, 2014.
- ↑ Yumurtalık'a 815 Mwe Gücünde Termik Santral Kurulacak, Hürriyet, 6 Mar. 2015.
- ↑ Köye 6. Kömür Santrali!, Bugday, 13 Mar. 2015.
- ↑ "21763-Bölgede santral sayısı 35'i bulacak Doğu Akdeniz," skenderunses, Jan 6, 2015
- ↑ Entek Elektrik, Koç website, accessed Mar. 2018.
- ↑ Evidence of climate change case, Hürriyet, Oct. 30, 2018
- ↑ İNŞAATI DEVAM EDEN TERMİK SANTRAL ENERJİ ÜRETİM TESİSİ SAYISI 42 ADETE İNDİ, Anbarapor, May 9, 2019
- ↑ Ayas Energy Production and Trade Inc., Ayas, accessed December 2019
