Atlas power station or Atlas Enerji İskenderun power station is a 1200-megawatt coal-fired power station in Turkey in İskenderun in Hatay Province,[1] which burns imported and local coal and receives capacity payments.[2] Construction was financed by Garanti Bank, Akbank and Işbank.[3]

Atlas power station
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Country
  • Turkey
Coordinates36°41′25″N 36°12′33″E / 36.69028°N 36.20909°E / 36.69028; 36.20909
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 2014
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 1,200 MW
Annual net output
  • 7,966 GWh (2021)
  • 8,502 GWh (2019)
  • 8,583 GWh (2020)
  • 8,687 GWh (2022)

It is estimated that closing the plant by 2030, instead of when its licence ends in 2057, would prevent over 5000 premature deaths.[4]

Climate Trace estimates the power station emitted over 5 million tons of the total 730 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey in 2022.[5] So its owner Atlas Energy (itself owned by Diler Holding) is on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "A Chinese coal plant highlights Turkey's flawed energy policy". China Dialogue. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  2. ^ "2022'de 51 santrale kapasite desteği verilecek". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  3. ^ "SGS case study" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-23.
  4. ^ Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey (Report). Health and Environment Alliance. 2022.
  5. ^ "Explore Map". Climate Trace. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  6. ^ "Explore the Data". coalexit.org. 2023.
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