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Yatağan Thermal Power Plant
Country	Turkey
Coordinates	37°20′N 28°06′E / 37.33°N 28.1°E / 37.33; 28.1
Status	Operational
Commission date	1982
Owner	Aydem Energy
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	630 MW
Annual net output	3,461 GWh (2022) 3,764 GWh (2019) 3,835 GWh (2020) 4,071 GWh (2021)
External links
Website	www.yatagantermik.com.tr
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Yatağan Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Turkey in Yatağan, Muğla Province in the south-west of the country. Currently owned by Aydem Enerji it has a 120m chimney. Yatağan thermal power plant consumes 5.4 million tons of coal from mines such as Turgut and can produce 3,780 GWh annually, the least productive power station in Turkey. The area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot and as of 2017 the air pollution caused by Yatağan and neighboring Kemerköy power station and Yeniköy power station is estimated to have caused 45,000 premature deaths. It is estimated that closing the plant by 2030, instead of when its licence ends in 2063, would prevent over 9000 premature deaths. Two workers were killed in 2018 and the plant's safety has been criticized by the Chamber of Engineers.

In 2018 the plant received 70 million lira capacity payments, and 94 million lira in 2019. In 2019 local people protested against 48 villages being destroyed by expansion of the mine feeding the plant. Opponents of the coal mining also claim it threatens the ancient city of Lagina. İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği (Climate Change Policy and Research Association) said that the plant was given a 5 year licence despite not having rehabilitated former ash storage landfill.

References

1. "Thermal Generation | Aydem Energy". Thermal Generation | Aydem Energy. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
2. "Yatağan Termik Santrali ile ilgili davamız | MUÇEP - Muğla Çevre Platformu" (in Turkish). 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
3. ALPHAN, MELİS (10 July 2017). "Nature and history butchered for coal". Hurriyet Daily News.
4. "Global SO2 emission hotspot database" (PDF). Greenpeace. August 2019.
5. "THE REAL COSTS OF COAL: MUĞLA". CAN Europe.
6. Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey (Report). Health and Environment Alliance. 2022.
7. "Tmmob: Yatağan Termik Santrali'ndeki Kaza İş Güvenliğinin Önemini Ortaya Koymuştur". Haber. 30 July 2018.
8. "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
9. "Kapasite mekanizmasıyla 2019'da 40 santrale 1.6 milyar lira ödendi". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). 6 February 2020.
10. "Muğla'da köylerinin boşaltılmasını istemeyen köylüler: Bu memleket bizim!". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-09-04.
11. Birgün, Birgün. "Termik santral bir köyü yok ediyor". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-10-03.
12. Çaltı, Nuray; Bozoğlu, Dr. Baran; Aldırmaz, Ahmet Turan; Atalar, Gülşah Deniz (2 June 2021). Özelleştirilmiş Termik Santraller ve Çevre Mevzuatına Uyum Süreçleri [Privatized Thermal Power Plants and Environmental Legislation Compliance Processes] (Report) (in Turkish). İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği.

External links

• Yatağan power station on Global Energy Monitor
• Yatağan coal mine on Global Energy Monitor

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