İsken Sugözü power station

From Global Energy Monitor
(Redirected from Isken Sugozu power station)
Part of the
Global Coal Plant Tracker,
a Global Energy Monitor project.
Download full dataset
Report an error
Related coal trackers:

İsken Sugözü power station (Isken Sugozu Termik Santrali) is an operating power station of at least 1210-megawatts (MW) in Sugözü, Yumurtalık, Adana, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
İsken Sugözü power station Sugözü, Yumurtalık, Adana, Türkiye 36.83502, 35.879104 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

Loading map...


Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2: 36.83502, 35.879104

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating coal - bituminous 605 subcritical 2003
Unit 2 operating coal - bituminous 605 subcritical 2003

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Iskenderun Enerji [100.0%]
Unit 2 Iskenderun Enerji [100.0%]

Background

This two-unit, $1.5 billion, 1,210-MW coal-fired power plant received environmental approval in May 2000, and was commissioned in November 2003.[1] It was the first privately owned and operated coal-fired power station in the country, and is 51% owned by Germany's Steag Gmbh, and 49% by OYAK, the Turkish armed forces pension fund.[2] OYAK is also the majority owner of the adjacent AYAS Enerji Power Plant project. The power station utilized subcritical technology.[3]

Coal source

The power station receives coal from one of the world's largest floating coal transshipment terminals, the Isken in the Gulf of Iskenderun, Turkey. Around 3 million tons of coal are discharged by the system each year, mainly from vessels arriving from Colombia and South Africa. A shore-side conveyor belt system takes the coal to the 800,000-ton-capacity stockpile adjacent to the power station.[4]

Protests

Activists board one of the world's largest coal platforms at Botas Oil Terminal, stopping barges from importing coal to the İsken Sugözü coal fired power plant.

In September 2008, four climbers from Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior were arrested after they occupied a giant coal loading platform to prevent a delivery of coal to this coal plant, which emits 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.[5]

Pollution and Health Effects

In 2018 it was claimed that the plant was causing pollution and an increase in cancer rates locally.[6]

Solar project on site

In October 2022, İSKEN signed an agreement with the company YEO Teknoloji to design and develop a 21.1 MW solar energy project at the İsken Sugözü power station. İSKEN's general manager stated that this was the first step in transforming the location into an "energy island". An environmental impact assessment was underway, and the expected budget was 198 million TL ($10.6 million USD).[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. "Milestones: Sugozu power plant", Isken website, accessed Jan 2018.
  2. Profile, İsken Sugözü website, accessed Apr. 2014.
  3. "World Electric Power Plants Database,", Platts, December 2013. The database is not available online but can be purchased from Platts.
  4. "Coal transshipment in Turkey," Oldendorff, accessed May 2015
  5. "Coal shipment stopped in Turkey," Greenpeace International, September 15, 2008
  6. "SUGÖZÜ TERMİK SANTRALİNİN AKTİF OLDUĞU 5 YILDA KANSER VAKALARININ 12 KAT ARTTIĞI ORTAYA ÇIKTI," Adana Barosu, 29 January 2018
  7. "İSKEN hibrit GES yatırımına başlıyor," Yesil Ekonomi, October 24, 2022

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of coal-fired power stations, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.