Soma power station

Coal fired power station in Turkey

39°11′42″N 27°38′07″E / 39.19509°N 27.63535983°E / 39.19509; 27.63535983StatusOperationalCommission date

1981

Owner(s)

Konya Seker
Anadolu Birlik Holding

Thermal power station Primary fuel

Lignite

Power generationNameplate capacity

660 MW
990 MW

Annual net output

3,714 GWh (2022)
3,866 GWh (2020)
4,177 GWh (2021)
5,059 GWh (2019)

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Soma power station (formerly Soma B power station) is a 990 MW coal-fired power station in Soma, Manisa in western Turkey.^[1] In 2020 of the 6 units 2 were shut down.^[2] Steam from the plant is used for residential heating in the winter.^[2]

Illness and deaths due to air pollution

According to Greenpeace Soma is the deadliest power station in Turkey, and deadlier than any power station in Europe, being responsible for 13 thousand lost years of life and 282 thousand lost working days in 2010.^[3] Although the company is contracted to install pollution control,^[1] such as desulpherization^[4] it may not be financially viable to do so.^[5]

Subsidies

In 2018 the plant received 110 million lira capacity payments, and 148 million in 2019 both the largest in Turkey.^[6]^[7]

Coal

The power station burns lignite from the nearby Soma coal mine.

References

^ ^a ^b "Soma Thermal Powerplant". Konya Seker. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b DİRESKENELİ, Haluk (2020-01-03). "Enerji piyasalarında 2020 yılı öngörüleri - Haluk DİRESKENELİ". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-01-04.
^ "Silent Killers : Why Turkey Must Replace Coal Power Projects With Green Energy" (PDF). (note Afşin -Elbistan A now reportedly closed for refurbishment). Greenpeace. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "Our Continuing Investments". Konya Seker. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "Turkey's Compliance with the Industrial Emissions Directive: A Legislation Gap Analysis and its Possible Costs on the Turkish Energy Sector" (PDF). pages 41,44. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
^ "Kapasite mekanizmasıyla 2019'da 40 santrale 1.6 milyar lira ödendi". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). 6 February 2020.

External links

WRI ID: WRI1018707
Soma power station on Global Energy Monitor

Power stations in Turkey

Nuclear

Akkuyu – 4,800 MW
Sinop – 4,480 MW

Renewable
energy

Geothermal	Gümüşköy – 13 MW Kızıldere – 95 MW
Hydroelectric	Adıgüzel – 62 MW Akköprü – 115 MW Aksu – 13 MW Alaköprü – 26 MW Alkumru – 265.5 M Almus – 27 MW Alpaslan-1 – 160 MW Alpaslan-2 – 280 MW Altınkaya – 700 MW Arkun – 237 MW Artvin – 340 MW Aslantaş – 138 MW Atasu – 5 MW Atatürk – 2,400 MW Bahçelik – 7 MW Batman – 160 MW Berdan – 10 MW Berke – 510 MW Birecik – 672 MW Borçka – 300 MW Boyabat – 513 MW Burç Bendi – 27.9 MW Çamlıgöze – 33 MW Çatalan – 169 MW Çetin – 405 MW Çınarcık – 100 MW Cindere – 29 MW Çine – 47 MW Cizre −240 MW Demirköprü – 69 MW Derbent – 58 MW Deriner – 670 MW Devecikonağı – 29 MW Dicle – 110 MW Ermenek – 300 MW Garzan – 49 MW Gezende – 159 MW Gökçekaya – 278 MW Gönen – 11 MW Güllübağ – 96 MW Gürsöğüt −242 MW
Solar	Greenway CSP Mersin – 6 MW Karapınar – 1,000 MW
Waste	Istanbul Waste Power Plant
Wind	Aliağa – 193 MW Bahçe – 135 MW Çanta – 47.5 MW Dağpazarı – 39 MW Mut – 33 MW Şamlı – 174 MW Soma – 140.4 MW

Fossil

Coal-fired	Afşin-Elbistan C – 1800 MW proposed Afşin-Elbistan B – 1440 MW ZETES-3 – 1400 MW Afşin-Elbistan A – 1355 MW Cenal – 1320 MW Emba Hunutlu – 1320 MW İsken Sugözü – 1308 MW ZETES-2 – 1230 MW Atlas – 1200 MW Bekirli – 1200 MW Soma – 990 MW Kemerköy – 653 MW Yatağan – 630 MW Çayırhan – 620 MW Seyitömer – 600 MW Soma Kolin – 510 MW Kangal – 457 MW Tufanbeyli – 450 MW Yeniköy – 420 MW Biga – 405 MW Şırnak Silopi – 405 MW Tunçbilek – 365 MW İzdemir – 350 MW Çan-2 – 330 MW 18 Mart Çan – 320 MW Çatalağzı – 315 MW Bolu Göynük – 270 MW Orhaneli – 210 MW Çolakoğlu – 190 MW ZETES-1 – 160 MW List of active coal-fired Silahtarağa – now museums
Gas-fired	Gebze - 1540 MW Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi – 480 MW

Coal-fired