EMBA Hunutlu power station

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EMBA Hunutlu power station is a proposed 1,320-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Adana province, Turkey.

Location

The map below shows the location of the plant's site, near Sugözü village, Yumurtalık district, Adana province. The project is close to the Mediterranean Sea in Yumurtalik, about 65 km from the center of Adana and 17 km from downtown Yumurtalik. Satellite photography from Planet shows construction occurring between January 2019 and June 2019.

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Background on Plant

In June 2012, Emba Elektrik Üretim applied to build a 1,200-MW coal-fired power plant in Yumurtalık district, where numerous other proposed coal plant projects are located. An environmental permitting meeting held in Sugözü in September 2012 was met with protests from locals and environmentalists. There was no news on the project for several years, and it seemed possible that it had been abandoned.

Along with numerous other proposals, the proposal was revived in 2014, as the 1,200-MW, two-unit Hunutlu plant. The plant would cost €1.2 billion, or $1.3 billion. The project began the public comment period for environmental permitting in June 2014. In 2015, the land was expropriated, with the price being set at 100 lira per square meter.

On July 9, 2015, Emba Elektrik Üretim, a Turkish subsidiary of China's Shanghai Electric Power (SEP), gained the Construction and Generation License for the plant from the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority, marking the project’s approval by the Turkish government for construction and operation.

On October 26, 2017, an EPC Contract for the 2 x 660 MW Hunutlu Thermal Power Plant Project was signed by a consortium of China's State Power Investment Corporation and AVIC-INTL of China with EMBA. State Power Investment Corporation's subsidiary Shanghai Electric Power is in talks to finance the project at a cost of US$1.7 billion dollars. Shanghai Electric and Avic are both part of project sponsor Emba Elektrik Üretim. The project will be constructed by CLP Power Engineering.

Construction of the plant began in September 2019.

Opposition

Adana Ekoloji Dernegi are campaigning against this and other coal plants proposed for the Adana region.

Ownership

Emba Elektrik Üretim (EMBA Electricity Production Co. Inc.) describes itself "as a joint venture company invested by Chinese Shanghai Electric Power Co., Avic-Intl Project Engineering Company (a subsidiary of AVIC) and two Turkish local investors" who are "developing an imported coal fired thermal power plant project in Turkey with the capacity of 2x 660 MW with an investment amount of 1,7 billion USD." In February 2018 the construction contract was reported to have been signed between the above named companies and EMBA Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. and CLP Power Engineering for 889.7 million USD. Shanghai Electric Power, also known as SEP, is not to be confused with Shanghai Electric Group. SEP is owned by State Power Investment Corporation. This means that the parent companies of the project are State Power Investment Corporation, AVIC International Holding Corporation, and two Turkish local investors.

Environmental issues

According to campaigners, the site of the proposed coal plant is internationally protected under the Bern Convention on Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (1979), especially regarding the preservation of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and green turtle (Chelonia mydas).

Subsidies

In 2016 the project was subsidized 3500 million lira in the form of tax exemptions, and also imported hundreds of millions of dollars worth of tax free machinery.

Legal action

A court case is ongoing in Ankara in 2018.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Emba Elektrik Üretim
• Parent company: Shanghai Electric Power (a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corporation), Avic-Intl Project Engineering Company (a subsidiary of AVIC International Holding Corporation), two Turkish local investors
• Location: Sugözü village, Yumurtalık district, Adana province, Turkey
• Coordinates: 36.81609, 35.85481 (exact)
• Status: Construction
• Gross capacity: 1,320 MW (Units 1 & 2: 660 MW)
• Type: ultra-supercritical
• Projected in service: 2021
• Coal type: Low thermal value coal
• Coal source: Imported (South America, South Africa, Australia)
• Source of financing: China's State Power Investment Corporation

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