Afsin-Elbistan B power station

The Afsin-Elbistan B power station is a 1,440 megawatt (MW) lignite-fired power station at Afsin-Elbistan in Kahramanmaras, in eastern Turkey. The Environmental Defense Fund reports that this lignite-fired thermal power plant comprises four 360MW generating units.

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In January, 2013, the UAE's state power company Taqa signed an agreement with Turkey's state-run Electricity Generation Company for $12 billion worth of power plants and coal mines in the Afsin-Elbistan region -- a project with a combined power generation capacity of up to 7,000 MW. As part of the deal, Taqa will acquire and expand the existing 1,400MW Afsin-Elbistan B power station. It was also reported that Taqa would "develop several new power plants and associated mines in sectors C, D, E and G of the Afsin-Elbistan region" and that "the feasibility study for the planned 1,440MW Plant C and associated mine development will start immediately."

In August 2013 Taqa postponed its $8 billion share of financing until 2014, citing uncertainty.

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