Kangal power station

Kangal power station
Map
Country
  • Turkey
Coordinates39°04′40″N 37°17′43″E / 39.0777°N 37.2952°E / 39.0777; 37.2952
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 1989
Construction cost
  • $985 million
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 457 MW
Annual net output
  • 1,881 GWh (2020)
  • 2,390 GWh (2022)
  • 2,530 GWh (2021)
  • 2,588 GWh (2019)
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Kangal power station is a 457[1] MW coal-fired power station in Turkey in Sivas, mostly built in the late 20th century, which burns lignite mined locally.[2] The plant is owned by Anadolu Birlik Holding via Konya Şeker and in 2018 received 51 million lira capacity payments.[3] The area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot,[4] and agricultural soil is contaminated with chromium, nickel and mercury.[5]

  1. ^ "Kangal Termik Santrali 6 ay sonra yeniden tam kapasite olarak üretime başladı". Timeturk.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  2. ^ "Konya Şeker Kangal Thermal Powerplant". www.konyaseker.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  3. ^ "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Global SO2 emission hotspot database" (PDF). Greenpeace. August 2019.
  5. ^ Turhan, Ş.; Garad, A. M. K.; Hançerlioğulları, A.; Kurnaz, A.; Gören, E.; Duran, C.; Karataşlı, M.; Altıkulaç, A.; Savacı, G.; Aydın, A. (2020-03-06). "Ecological assessment of heavy metals in soil around a coal-fired thermal power plant in Turkey". Environmental Earth Sciences. 79 (6): 134. doi:10.1007/s12665-020-8864-1. ISSN 1866-6299. S2CID 212421778.