Bingöl power station

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Bingöl power station (Bingöl Termik Santrali) is a cancelled power station in Adaklı, Karlıova, Bingöl, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bingöl power station Adaklı, Karlıova, Bingöl, Türkiye 39.31575, 40.889156 (approximate)
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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Emergency/Backup
Cancelled coal: lignite[1] 150 unknown False

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Owner Parent
Aksa Enerji Uretim AŞ [100%] Aksa Enerji Uretim AŞ [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): domestic

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Background

In February 2013, Aksa Enerji Üretim A.Ş. (a subsidiary of Kazancı Holding) began the environmental permitting process to build a 150 MW coal-fired power plant in Bingöl province. The project would also include a coal mine, and the plant would thus presumably be a mine-to-mouth plant.[2][3][4]

In May 2013, Aksa Enerji won a bid to mine a lignite field in Bingöl province with 88 million tons of reserves, and to build an adjacent 150-MW mine-to-mouth coal-fired power plant.[5]

In October 2013, Aksa announced that, due to increases in borrowing costs, the company had decided to cancel the project, and to focus on its Bolu-Goynuk power station project. Aksa paid a $5 million fee to TKI in exchange for cancelling the project.[6][7]

With no developments since the application, the project appears to be abandoned, although there were reports in 2017 that the project may be tendered to private investors through a royalty agreement.[8] But as of April 2018 there is no further news of the project and it does not appear on the list of Bingöl privatizations.[9] Given the distance of Bingöl from power consumers in the west[10] and delays in other coal plant privatizations the project appears defunct.[11]

Opposition

In 2017, Önder Algedik published a “Coal and Climate Change 2017 report,” which discussed how coal plants, like the Bingöl power plant, may cause “more irreparable damages” to Turkey in the future.[12]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. ↑ https://www.gem.wiki/Coal_source_methodology_for_the_Global_Coal_Plant_Tracker. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Termik Santril İçin Çed Süreci Basladi, Bingöl Online, Feb. 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ Termik Santral ve Kömür Madenciliği İçin Çed Raporu Hazırlanacak, Haberler, Feb. 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ Bingöl Termik Santrali, Kara Atlas, accessed Mar. 2014.
  5. ↑ Bingöl-Karlıova Kömür Sahası Aksa'nın oldu, Enerji Günlügü, May 30, 2013.
  6. ↑ Aksa Enerji Karlıova termik santralini yapmaktan vazgeçti, Emlakkulisi, Oct. 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ Aksa Enerji termik santral sözleşmesinden vazgeçti, FinansTrend, Oct. 11, 2013.
  8. ↑ Communication with CAN Europe, December 2017
  9. ↑ Bingöl İhaleler, Privatization Administration, accessed April 2018.
  10. ↑ ALİ HAYDAR GÜVERÇİNCİ,TWO NEW INDICES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL TRANSMISSION CONNECTION CAPACITIES pages 65 and 87, MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, August 2017
  11. ↑ Algedik, ÖnderCoal & Climate Change - 2017 pages 12 and 29, onderalgedik.com, Nov 2017
  12. ↑ “Coal and Climate Change 2017 Report”, Önder Algedik, Translated by Google, December 9, 2017.

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