Soma power station

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]

This article is about the large power station opened in 1981. For the small power station opened in 1957 formerly called Soma, see Soma A power station.
Soma power station
Country
  • Turkey
Coordinates39°11′42″N 27°38′07″E
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 1981
Owner(s)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 660 MW
  • 990 MW
Annual net output
  • 3,714 GWh (2022)
  • 3,866 GWh (2020)
  • 4,177 GWh (2021)
  • 5,059 GWh (2019)

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
  1. "Soma Thermal Powerplant". Konya Seker. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. DİRESKENELİ, Haluk (2020-01-03). "Enerji piyasalarında 2020 yılı öngörüleri - Haluk DİRESKENELİ". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  3. "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.
  4. "Our Continuing Investments". Konya Seker. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. "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.
  6. "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
  7. "Kapasite mekanizmasıyla 2019'da 40 santrale 1.6 milyar lira ödendi". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). 6 February 2020.
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