Atlas power station

Atlas power station or Atlas Enerji İskenderun power station is a 1200-megawatt coal-fired power station in Turkey in İskenderun in Hatay Province,^[1] which burns imported and local coal and receives capacity payments.^[2] Construction was financed by Garanti Bank, Akbank and Işbank.^[3]

Atlas power station
Country	Turkey
Coordinates	36°41′25″N 36°12′33″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	2014
Owner	Diler Holding
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Anthracite
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	1,200 MW
Annual net output	7,966 GWh (2021) 8,502 GWh (2019) 8,583 GWh (2020) 8,687 GWh (2022)

It is estimated that closing the plant by 2030, instead of when its licence ends in 2057, would prevent over 5000 premature deaths.^[4]

Climate Trace estimates the power station emitted over 5 million tons of the total 730 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey in 2022.^[5] So its owner Atlas Energy (itself owned by Diler Holding) is on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List.^[6]

References

1. "A Chinese coal plant highlights Turkey's flawed energy policy". China Dialogue. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
2. "2022'de 51 santrale kapasite desteği verilecek". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
3. "SGS case study" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-23.
4. Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey (Report). Health and Environment Alliance. 2022.
5. "Explore Map". Climate Trace. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
6. "Explore the Data". coalexit.org. 2023.

External links

• Atlas power station on Global Energy Monitor

• Turkey portal
• Energy portal