Soma power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}Soma power station (also known as Soma B power station) is a 990-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Manisa province, Turkey.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is near Soma, Manisa province.
Background on Plant
The six 165-MW coal-fired units of the plant were completed between 1981 and 1992. Lignite for the plant is supplied by Ege Linyitleri İşletmesi. The plant has been owned by Konya Şeker Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. since 2015.[1]
Capacity Payments
In 2018 the company was paid millions of lira by the government in support of its coal-fired plant via the capacity mechanism.[2]
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 Soma to continue to operate without a desulphurization system or modernised dust filters.[4]
Plant Details
- Owner: Konya Şeker Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
- Parent company: Anadolu Birlik Holding
- Location: Soma, Manisa province, Turkey
- Coordinates: 39.19509, 27.63536 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross capacity: 990 MW (Units 1-6: 165 MW)
- Start year: 1981-1992
- Type: Subcritical
- Coal type: Lignite
- Coal source: Domestic
- WRI ID: WRI1018707
- EBC ID: TR-19
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References
- ↑ Soma Termik Santrali, company website, retrieved Jan. 2018.
- ↑ "KAPASİTE MEKANİZMASI OCAK AYI FATURAYA ESAS ÖDEME LİSTESİ", TEIAS website, accessed May 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for health protection in Turkey: Proposal to extend the pollution exemptions given to privatised coal power plants withdrawn, Health And Environment Alliance, Feb. 15, 2019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
