Yunus Emre Power Station

Yunus Emre Power Station is a proposed 290 megawatt (MW) coal plant in Turkey. The approximate location is shown here:

Other names

 * Koyunağılı milhalıççık Eskişehir/ Yunus Emre Termik Santrali

Location
The plant is located in Koyunağılı village, Milhalıççık district, Eskişehir province, in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. The coordinates of Koyunağılı village are 39.776667, 30.520556. The map above shows the location of the village, but not the exact location of the plant. (Note that the CARMA ID for the plant is 76716 and CARMA reports the location as 39.865944, 31.495722. CARMA's coordinates are for Milhalıççık, the district capital. )

Project Details
Sponsor: Adalurya Elektrik A.Ş. and Czech companies Ferrit, bTG Energy and Vitkovice Power Engineering Location: Koyunağılı village, Milhalıççık district, Eskişehir province, in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey Coordinates: 39.984494, 31.652552 CARMA ID: 76716 Status: construction Nameplate capacity: 290 MW (2 x 145 MW) Type: Projected in service: Coal Type: lignite Coal Source: local longwall mine Estimated annual CO2: 1,832,500 tons/year, based on a carbon intensity of 1200 kg of CO2 emitted per (net) megawatt-hour of electricity produced. Source of financing: 440 million euros provided by the Czech Export Bank

Background
The plant sponsored by Adalurya Elektrik A.Ş. and Czech companies Ferrit, bTG Energy and Vitkovice Power Engineering. According to the World Resources Institute, the status of the plant as of November 2012 was "permitted."

According to one Turkish account, ground was broken on the plant on March 5, 2011.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Turkey and coal

External resources

 * CARMA: Carbon Monitoring for Action