Yunus Emre power station

Yunus Emre Power Station
Country	Turkey
Coordinates	39°59′06″N 31°38′10″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	2023
Doruk mining and electricity generating company
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	290 MW
Annual net output	0 GWh (2022) 247 GWh (2023)

Yunus Emre power station is a coal-fired power station in Turkey in Eskişehir Province.^[1][2][3][4] As of 2023^[update] it is partially operational.^[5]

Description

The power station was originally owned by Adularya Energy, one of the Naksan Holding companies.^[6]: 68 An environmental impact assessment was done in 2009.^[7] Adularya contracted with the builders in 2010 and construction started in 2011.^[2]

The power station was financed by the Czech Export Bank,^[6]: 59which loaned 433 million euros interest free,^[3] with export guarantee from the Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation.^[8] After the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt Naksan Holding was confiscated for allegedly helping to finance the attempt.^[3] The Savings Deposit Insurance Fund made several attempts to reprivatize the power station and eventually sold it to Doruk (part of Yıldızlar SSS Holding).^[9]: 17

All the lignite is mined locally then washed.^[6]: 41 The 2 units of 145 MW each are fluidized bed with electrostatic precipitators to control dust emissions. The plant was built with desulphurisation technology (Andritz dry FGD (Turbo-CDS) which was up to EU standard in 2014^[6]: 64) but without controls on emissions of nitrogen oxides. No electricity was generated in 2019.^[10]: 39 Two million tonnes of lignite can be burned each year and net generation efficiency was estimated at 35%.^[3] The engineering, procurement, and construction contractor was Czech company Vitkovice Power Engineering.^[6]: 59 Electrical and control equipment was supplied by ABB.^[11] An ash pond was constructed.^[12] Although Turkey's net zero target is the year 2053^[13] the power station is licensed to 2054.^[14]

References

1. "Yunus Emre coal power plant". Banktrack. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
2. "Power plant". Adularya. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
3. "Turkish President Erdoğan's cronies defrauded Czech bank of over 400 million euros". Nordic Monitor. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
4. "Yunus Emre Thermal Power Plant Project". Emta Energy. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
5. "Oktay ve Dönmez, Eskişehir'deki Yunus Emre Termik Santrali'ni ziyaret etti" [Oktay and Dönmez visited Yunus Emre Thermal Power Plant in Eskişehir]. Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
6. Mills, Stephen (2014). Prospects for coal and clean coal technologies in Turkey (PDF). IEA Clean Coal Centre. ISBN 9789290295600.
7. "Yunus Emre power plant Environmental Impact Assessment" (PDF) (in Czech). 2009.
8. "Poskytnutí informace k YUNUS EMRE POWER PLANT" [Providing information on YUNUS EMRE POWER PLANT]. Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-08-12.
9. Boom and Bust Coal 2023 (Report). Global Energy Monitor. 2023-04-05.
10. "Chronic coal pollution Turkey" (PDF).
11. "ABB wins supply contract for Yunus Emre power plant". Power Technology. 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
12. "Yunus Emre Thermal Power Plant Administration, Social Facilities and Ash Dam Construction". Tek - İmaş. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
13. "Turkey to follow up climate deal ratification with action: Official". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
14. "Elektrik Piyasası Üretim Lisansları" [Electricity market generation licences]. Enerji Piyasası Veritabanı Yönetim Sistemi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-08-12. Licence number EÜ/11539-1/05338

External links

• Yunus Emre power station on Global Energy Monitor
• Adularya Eskişehir coal mine on Global Energy Monitor