Seyitömer power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}Seyitömer power station is a 600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Kütahya province, Turkey.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is near Seyitömer village, Kütahya district, Kütahya province.
Background on Plant
The four units of the 600-MW Seyitömer coal-fired power station were opened between 1973 and 1989. In early 2013 Turkey's Privatization Authority sold the operating rights of the plant for $2.25 billion to the Turkish company Çelikler Insaat.[1][2][3]
In April 2014, 11 people were injured after police used tear gas against a workers protesting layoffs at the newly-privatized plant, and 20 workers were arrested.[4][5]
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.[6] The delay would have allowed Seyitömer to continue to operate without a desulphurization system or modernised dust filters.[7] In November 2019 the Turkish Parliament approved a bill to extend the deadline for stronger emissions standards to 2021.[8] However on Dec. 2, 2019 President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vetoed the bill and said this veto was motivated by "environmental sensitivity".[9]
As a result, Seyitömer and other privatised coal power plants that have not completed the required infrastructure including filtration system must complete these requirements beginning Jan. 1, 2020 or these plants will face closure and/or fines.[10]
Plant Details
- Sponsor: Çelikler Seyitömer Elektrik Üretim A.Ş.[11]
- Parent company: Çelikler Holding
- Location: Seyitömer village, Kütahya district, Kütahya province, Turkey
- Coordinates: 39.574254, 29.882337 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross capacity: 600 MW
- Type: Subcritical[12]
- In service: 1973, 1974, 1977, 1989[3]
- Coal type: Lignite
- Coal source: Seyitömer coal mine, Turkey
- Source of financing: İş Bankası, Vakıfbank, Halkbank, Ziraat, Deniz Bank [13]
- WRI ID: WRI1018711
- EBC ID: TR-18
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References
- ↑ "Turkey Sells 600-Megawatt Seyitomer Lignite-Fired Plant for $2.25 Billion", Industrial Info Europe, January 3, 2013.
- ↑ Seyitömer 47 turda 2.2 milyar $'a özelleşti, Milliyet, Dec. 29, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Seyitömer Termik Santralı'nın özelleştirilmesi ve diğerleri, Enerji Energy, Jan. 6, 2013.
- ↑ Seyitömer Santrali Eyleminde 20 İşçi Gözaltında, Haberler, Apr. 22, 2014.
- ↑ Kütahya Seyitömer Termik Santrali'ndeki olaylar, TimeTurk, Apr. 22, 2014.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 50’inci madde kabul edildi, Yeşil Ekonomi, 22 Nov. 2019
- ↑ Erdoğan Vetoes Bill Postponing Installation of Filters to Coal-Fired Plants, Bianet, 02 December 2019.
- ↑ TBMM Plan Ve Bütçe Komisyonu, Santrallere Filtre Düzenlemesini Yeniden Görüştü, Meclis Haber, 4 December 2019.
- ↑ "Çelikler Seyitömer," Çelikler Holding website, accessed June 2018
- ↑ "World Electric Power Plants Database,", Platts, December 2013. The database is not available online but can be purchased from Platts.
- ↑ "Coal & Climate Change - 2017," Önder Algedik, Aug 2017
