18 Mart Çan power station

18 Mart Çan power station
18 Mart Çan power station
Country	Turkey;
Coordinates	40°01′18″N 26°58′28″E / 40.0218°N 26.9744°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	2006;
Owner	Electricity Generation Company;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Lignite;
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	320 MW;
Annual net output	2,034 GWh (2022); 2,041 GWh (2021); 2,134 GWh (2019); 515 GWh (2020);
External links
Website	www.euas.gov.tr/tr-TR/santraller/18-mart-can
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18 Mart Çan power station (also known as Çan power station) is a coal-fired power station in Turkey in Çan, which burns lignite mined locally and belongs to the state power company.^[1] It was shut down in March 2021^[2] but reopened^[3] after a flue-gas desulfurization system was installed at a cost of US$45.9 million.^[4]^[5]

In June 2021 İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği (Climate Change Policy and Research Association) said the plant should be shut down for operating without an environmental permit.^[6]^: 79

References

^ "EÜAŞ A briefing for investors, insurers and banks" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-04-24.
^ canakkale.csb.gov.tr. "18 MART ÇAN TERMİK SANTRALİ'NDE ÇALIŞMA REVİZYON VE UYUM İÇİN DURDURULDU". canakkale.csb.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
^ "Geçici izinle çevreye zarar". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
^ "Turkey and Ukraine rank highly across all air pollutant types". Bianet. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26.
^ "Coal power air pollution". Ember. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
^ Çaltı, Nuray; Bozoğlu, Dr. Baran; Aldırmaz, Ahmet Turan; Atalar, Gülşah Deniz (2 June 2021). Özelleştirilmiş Termik Santraller ve Çevre Mevzuatına Uyum Süreçleri [Privatized Thermal Power Plants and Environmental Legislation Compliance Processes] (Report) (in Turkish). İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

External links

[1] "EÜAŞ A briefing for investors, insurers and banks" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-04-24.

[2] .csb.gov.tr. "18 MART ÇAN TERMİK SANTRALİ'NDE ÇALIŞMA REVİZYON VE UYUM İÇİN DURDURULDU". canakkale.csb.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-07-27.

[3] "Geçici izinle çevreye zarar". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-07-27.

[4] "Turkey and Ukraine rank highly across all air pollutant types". Bianet. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26.

[5] "Coal power air pollution". Ember. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

[6] Çaltı, Nuray; Bozoğlu, Dr. Baran; Aldırmaz, Ahmet Turan; Atalar, Gülşah Deniz (2 June 2021). Özelleştirilmiş Termik Santraller ve Çevre Mevzuatına Uyum Süreçleri [Privatized Thermal Power Plants and Environmental Legislation Compliance Processes] (Report) (in Turkish). İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

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