Vize power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Turkeycoal}}Vize power station, (also known as TKİ Vize power plant) is a proposed 2 units 660-megawatt (MW) (2 unitsx330 MW)coal-fired power plant in Vize, Kırklareli province. Eren-1 power station in Kırklareli and Çerkezköy power station in Tekirdağ provinces are other similar projects in Marmara region.
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Location
The plant would be located at Vize, Kırklareli province, Marmara district, Turkey.
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, Çerkezköy or Vize, brought forward spatial plan revisions. Lignite reserves were previously explored in Vize basin, the first known prospection dates back to 2002,[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 Vize plant was announced by TKI (Turkish Coal Enterprise), a state-owned agency, to be built in Vize town of Tekirdağ by the revision of upper-scale spatial plan.[4] By the revision, plant area was declared "energy generation area";[4] the revised plan was also announcing Çerkezköy power station. In December 2016, the local community, city council and also Vize municipality opposed the spatial plan revision by petitions and protests, it is reported that thousands of signatures were collected.[5]
As December 2019, the operator has not started either the environmental permitting [6] or generation licence[7] processes. However, the revised spatial plan has not changed further and it still allows the plant.[8] On the other hand, TKI continues analysing the coal in the region[9] and in 2018 TKI started environmental permit process to extract lignite coal from Vize town, Topçuköy, which is 12 km air distance to the plant area.[10] [11]
Environmental Impact
Greenpeace's report in 2018 estimates that Vize coal power plant would cause 182 premature deaths annually due to the exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 air pollutants.[12] Vize city is a member of Cittaslow.[13]
Project Details
- Sponsor: TKI (Turkish Coal Enterprise)
- Parent company: TBD
- Location: Çerkezköy town, Çerkezköy district, Tekirdağ Province, Turkey
- Coordinates: 41.572, 27.811 (approximate)
- Status: Announced
- Gross capacity: 2 x 330 MW[14]
- Type:
- Projected in service:
- Coal type: Lignite
- Coal source:
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Kömür Sektör Raporu 2017, Turkish Coal Enterprise, 2017.
- ↑ ERGENE (TRAKYA) HAVZASININ JEOLOJİSİ VE KÖMÜR POTANSİYELİ, Şengüler İ., (MTA), 2016.
- ↑ Enerji Güvenlik ve Strateji Belgesi, 21 Mayıs 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Plan Açıklama Raporu, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Oct. 2016.
- ↑ "Vize’de Termik Santrale Binlerce İtiraz", Babaeski Söz Gazetesi, Dec. 16, 2016.
- ↑ Online EIA database, Ministry of Environment and Urbanism, accessed December 2019.
- ↑ EMRA Pre-Licence website, accessed December 2019.
- ↑ Trakya Alt Bölgesi Ergene Havzası, Republic Of Turkey Ministry Of Environment And Urbanization, accessed Dec. 2019.
- ↑ Eskişehir-Alpu ve Kırklareli-Vize saha çalışma toplantısı yapıldı, TKI, March 15, 2018.
- ↑ TKİ Kırklareli’de kömür üretecek, Enerji Günlüğü, Jan. 15, 2019.
- ↑ KIRKLARELİ ili VIZE, ilcesinde, Ministry of Environment and Urbanism, Oct 2, 2018.
- ↑ Trakya’da Termik Santral Tehlikesi, Greenpeace Turkey, Feb. 2018
- ↑ Vize, CittaSlow, accessed Dec 2019.
- ↑ Communication with CAN Europe, September 2019
