Gerze Power Station

The Gerze, Sinop Power Station is a proposed 1200 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Gerze, Turkey. The plant was proposed by the Anadolu Group.

In November 2011 ten thousand people from various provinces and districts of Turkey gathered in Gerze on November 26, 2011 to protest the construction of the plant. A demonstration was organized by the Platform for a Green Gerze (YEGEP) and attended by members of the Green Party, the Ecology Collective, Greenpeace and others. It was reported that the protestors chanted slogans like "Gerze does not want coal" and "The people of Gerze do not stand alone". Additionally, Greenpeace launched an internet signature campaign in 2011 against the coal-run thermal power plant, which gathered over 37,000 supporters.

In August 2013 the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization rejected the Environmental Impact Assesment report for the plant for the fourth time, saying the proposed plant was within a forest area and that the proposal should be redrafted to stay outside forest areas. Environmental groups say the area is covered in forest, which would make a new proposal infeasible.

Project Details
Sponsor: Anadolu Group Location: Gerze Coordinates: 41.80427,35.193486 (approximate) CARMA ID: Status: proposed Nameplate capacity: 1200MW Type: Supercritical Projected in service: Coal Type: hard coal Coal Source: imported Estimated annual CO2: Source of financing:

Contact details
Website (In Turkish): http://www.gerzeenerjisantrali.com/

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Turkey and coal

External articles

 * Chris Walker and Morgan Hartley, "Special report Coal and Corruption: The Battle for Gerze", The Ecologist, August 17th, 2012.