Şırnak Silopi power station

Şırnak Silopi power station
Map
Country
  • Turkey
Coordinates37°18′36″N 42°35′41″E / 37.3100249°N 42.594696°E / 37.3100249; 42.594696
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 2009
Owner
Employees
  • 1,000 (2019)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 405 MW
Annual net output
  • 1,568 GWh (2022)
  • 2,223 GWh (2020)
  • 2,324 GWh (2019)
  • 2,373 GWh (2021)
External links
Websitewww.silopielektrik.com.tr
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Şırnak Silopi power station (Turkish: Şırnak-Silopi Termik Santralı) is a 405 MW operational power station in Silopi, in Şırnak Province in the south-east of Turkey. It is fuelled with asphaltite from Silopi asphaltite mine.

Operation

See also: Electricity sector in Turkey

The plant was built in the early 21st century by Silopi Electric, which is part of the Ciner Group.[1] It is fuelled with asphaltite from a nearby mine[2] and serves over 650,000 people.[3] Although its fuel is technically not coal it is regulated similarly; for example, the mining rights were tendered by TKİ, the state Turkish Coal Operations Authority.[4] In 2020 the mining company said it planned an increase from 80 thousand tonnes per year to 250 thousand.[5] Since the plant is further to the south-east than other fossil fuel power stations in Turkey, interconnection with the electricity sector in Iraq may be possible.[6] Despite abundant local renewable resources, under the energy policy of Turkey the plant is subsidised: it received capacity payments of 45 million lira in 2018,[7] and 61 million in 2019.[8] According to Ciner Group, in addition to the 1,000 direct employees in the plant and nearby mine, the plant supports 2,000 local jobs indirectly.[9]

Environmental impact

See also: Air pollution in Turkey

It has been claimed that an increase in local illnesses is due to air pollution from the plant,[10][11] and Hüseyin Kaçmaz, member of parliament for Şırnak, said in 2019 that the plant had damaged local people's health.[12] Sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions were within the 2018 limits,[13] but the SO2 limit was halved to 200 milligrams per cubic metre from 1st January 2020. Turkey is not a signatory to the Aarhus Convention on public access to environmental information,[14] and it is not publicly known how much pollution is currently being emitted. Guidance issued to local middle school teachers by the Ministry of Education describes the plant as environmentally friendly, but pupils are asked to note its advantages and disadvantages together with those of the mine.[15]

The power station emits more than 2 megatonnes (Mt) of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year (of the 500 Mt total greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey).[16] As Turkey has no carbon emission trading it would not be economically viable to capture and store the gas.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Silopi Elektrik". Silopi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  2. ^ "Silopi Electric". Ciner. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  3. ^ "Türkiye'nin Asfaltit Termik Santrali". hthayat.haberturk.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  4. ^ "Silopi Electric". www.haberturk.com. Retrieved 2020-02-23. Silopi Asphaltite Field Harbul and Silip veins were acquired in 2003 against royalty as a result of the tender initiated by T.K.I.
  5. ^ "HBH Madencilik Silopi'de kömür üretim kapasitesini arttıracak". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  6. ^ "Turkey ready to support Iraq in electricity sector". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  7. ^ "Kapasite mekanizması Aralık ayı ödemeleri açıklandı". Yeşil Ekonomi. 23 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Kapasite mekanizmasıyla 2019'da 40 santrale 1.6 milyar lira ödendi". Enerji Günlüğü (in Turkish). 6 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Silopi Termik Santrali'nden bölgede 2 bin kişiye istihdam". BloombergHT (in Turkish). 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  10. ^ "Silopi'de termik santral kanser riskini arttırıyor: 'Geç olmadan sesimizi yükseltmeliyiz' - HABERLER Son Dakika". İleri Haber. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  11. ^ "Silopi'de Termik Santrale herkes karşı ama hiç kimse konuşamaz!".
  12. ^ "Silopi Termik Santrali öldürüyor! – Alınteri 2018" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  13. ^ ÇED, pages 40-44
  14. ^ "United Nations Treaty Collection". treaties.un.org. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  15. ^ Okul Dışı Öğrenme Ortamları Kılavuz Kitabı (PDF). Ministry of National Education (Turkey). 2019. pp. 90, 91. çevre dostu bir termik santraldir
  16. ^ "Mapped: The world's coal power plants in 2019". Carbon Brief. 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  17. ^ Esmaeili, Danial (June 2018). Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage in the Context of Turkish Energy Market (PDF). Sabancı University.

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