Afsin - Elbistan C Power Station

The Afsin-Elbistan C power station is a proposed 1,440 megawatt (MW) lignite-fired power station at Afsin-Elbistan in Kahramanmaras, in eastern Turkey.

Expansion
In January, 2013, the UAE's state power company Taqa signed an agreement with Turkey's state-run Electricity Generation 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.

Project Details
Sponsor: Location: Coordinates: (approximate) CARMA ID: Status: proposed Nameplate capacity: Type: Projected in service: Coal Type: hard coal Coal Source: imported Estimated annual CO2: Source of financing:

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