There are 55 plants which generate coal power in Turkey[1] including autoproducers, more than any other European country except Russia.
Coal-fired power stations
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope=col | Station
! scope=col | Installed capacity (MWe)
! scope=col | Generation to grid in 2019 (GWh)
! scope=col |Capacity factor in 2019 (%)
! scope=col | Province and district
! scope=col | Construction or operational start year <ref group="not[7]
! scope=col | Owner
! scope=col |Type
{{refn|group=note|1=As of 2021 there is no web service for this at https://www.epdk.gov.tr/Detay/Icerik/21-35/web-servisleri so to attempt to list operational coal-fired power stations from the licence database enter: "Lisans Durumu"="Yürülükte" (license status=In force),"Tesis Türü"="Termik" (facility type=Thermal) and "Tesis Durumu"="İşletmede" (facility status=In business). Then tick "Ben robot değilim" (I am not a robot) and "Sorgula" (Query) which should list licensed, operational thermal power stations. [10]
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|18 Mart Çan a.k.a. Çan Çan
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Afşin Elbistan A Afşin
[13] Balıkesir ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Aynes Cogeneration a.k.a. Aynes Gıda Acıpayam
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Eti Maden Bandirma power station a.k.a. Bandırma Boron Factory a.k.a. Bandırma Boraks Cihanbeyli
! scop[17] Uses 1.8 million tons of lignite with a thermal value of 2,450 kcal/kg per year.
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Çan-2 Çan
! scop [19]
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Çayırhan Nallıhan
! scope=r[20] Çumra
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Çoban Yıldızı power stations a.k.a. Çumra ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Kahramanmaraş Paper Factory Kahramanmaraş
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Kangal
! scope=row style="t[25]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www[26]
! scope=row style="[27]
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Soma B a.k.a. Soma Soma
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Şırnak Silopi a.k.a. Silopi Silopi
! scope=row style="tex[29]
! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Yatağan Yatağan
- +
- -
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|320
- style="text-align:right;"|2134
- style="text-align:right;"|76
- Çanakkale
- style="text-align:right;"|2003
- EÜAŞ
- Subcritical
- Lignite
- Unknown
- {{efn|1=EÜ/101-44/020}}<ref name=":6">{{Ci[11]
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|1355
- style="text-align:right;"|1899
- style="text-align:right;"|16
- Kahramanmaraş
- style="text-align:right;"|1984–1987
- EÜAŞ
- Subcritical
- Lignite
- Unknown
- {{efn|1=EÜ/8263-5/04139}}<ref name=":2">{{Ci[12]
- Lignite
- Unknown
- {{efn|1=EÜ/101-43/019}}
- style="text-align:right;"|57
- style="text-align:right;"|8
- Balıkesir
- style="text-align:right;"|2019
- V[14]
- Unknown
- Averages 150 tons steam from 27 tons coal per hour<ref name=":4">{{Cite[15]
- {{efn|1=EÜ/1813-3/1274}}
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|6
- style="text-align:right;"|9
- style="text-align:right;"|18
- Denizli
- style="text-align:right;"|2014
- Aynes Food
- Unknown
- Lignite
- Unknown
- {{efn|1=EÜ/4969-230/2930}}
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|36 {{Cite web|url=ht[16]
- style="text-align:right;"|2
- style="text-align:right;"|19
- Konya
- style="te
- Unknow
- Unknow
- -
- {{efn|1=EÜ/3734-19/2290}} {{Cite web|title=Bolu Göyn[18]
- {{efn|1=EÜ/4315-42/02574}}
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|330
- style="text-align:right;"|1524
- style="text-align:right;"|53
- Çanakkale
- style="text-align:right;"|2018
- ODAŞ Group
- Lignite
- Unknown
- {{efn|1=EÜ/6083-2/03428}}
- -
- Unknown
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|620
- style="text-align:right;"|4312
- style="text-align:right;"|79
- Ankara
- style="text-align:right;"|1987–2000
- Akçadağ Holding
- Subcritical
- Lignite
- Unknown
- {{efn|1=EÜ/5088-4/03041}}
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|37
- style="text-align:right;"|35
- style="text-align:right;"|11
- Konya
- style="text-align:right;"|2015
- Anadolu Birlik Holding via Konya Sugar {{in lang|tr}}
- Unknown
- Lignite
- Unknown
- At Çumra Campus
- {{efn|1=EÜ/5603-8/03299}}
- -
- style="text-[21] Claimed to be most environment friendly factory in Turkey. {{Cite web|url=http://www.[22] anthracite<ref name="SPgraphic">{{Cite web|url[23]
- Unknown
- {{efn|1=EÜ/2116-8/1490}}
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|16
- style="text-align:right;"|73
- style="text-align:right;"|Unknown as some electricity might have been used by the factory
- Kahramanmaraş
- style="text-align:right;"|2014
- Kahramanmaraş Paper
- Unknown
- Imported
- Unknown
- {{efn|1=EÜ/4969-202/2902}}
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|457 {{Cite web|title=Kangal Termik Santra[24]
- {{efn|1=EÜ/4537/02625}}
- -
- {{efn|1=EÜ/5906-18/03394}}
- -
- EÜAŞ
- Unknown
- Lignite
- Unknown
- No output to grid 2019 or first half 2020
- {{efn|1=EÜ/6604-3/03635}}
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|660
- style="text-align:right;"|5059
- style="text-align:right;"|Unknown as the steam is also used for residential heating
- Manisa
- style="text-align:right;"|1981–1992
- Anadolu Birlik Holding via Konya Sugar {{in lang|tr}}
- Subcritical
- Lignite
- Unknown
- Of the six 165 MW units, 2 units are shut down and 4 units operating under temporary license.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.s[28]
- {{efn|1=EÜ/5642-1/03298}}
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|405
- style="text-align:right;"|2324
- style="text-align:right;"|66
- Şırnak
- style="text-align:right;"|2013 (unit 1), 2015 (units 2–3)
- Ciner Group
- Circulating fluidized bed
- Asphaltite
- Unknown
- May need update to meet 2020 standards Although tec
- -
- -
- style="text-align:right;"|630
- style="text-align:right;"|3764
- style="text-align:right;"|68
- Muğla
- style="text-align:right;"|1984 (units 1–2), 1986 (unit 3)
- Aydem Enerji
- Subcritical
- Lignite
- Unknown
- {{efn|1=EÜ/5327/03164}} {{Cite web|title=Thermal Generation {{!}[30]
See also
- Electricity sector in Turkey
- Energy policy of Turkey
- Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey
- Environmental issues in Turkey
- Climate change litigation
- Category:Coal mines in Turkey
External links
- Map of coal plants by Global Energy Monitor
- Map of European coal plants including Turkey by Beyond Coal
- Graph of owners etc.
- List from Openstreetmap
References
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- Electricity Market Sector Report 2022 Energy Market Regulatory Authority^
- Elektrik Piyasası Yıllık Sektör Raporu Listesi^
- Electricity Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, retrieved 2025-05-18^
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- Coal Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Turkey), retrieved 19 April 2020^
- Where the construction year is not known, the start of the current EDPK operational license is shown – nevertheless there may have been "pre-licenses" before that.^
- ! scope=col |Coal type ! scope=col |Retirement ! scope=col class=unsortable| Notes ! scope=col class=unsortable| Ref {{refn|group=note|1=Public information about a power station (e.g. Cenal) can be displayed from the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority database as follows. Click the bracketed letter link in its cell below (e.g. [n]) and copy the license number (e.g. EÜ/4315-42/02574) into the "Lisans No." box on the query screen. {{cite web |website=lisans.epdk.gov.tr |title=Elektrik Piyasası Üretim Lisansları |trans-title=Electricity Market Generation Licences |url=http://lisans.epdk.gov.tr/epvys-web/faces/pages/lisans/elektrikUretim/elektrikUretimOzetSorgula.xhtml |publisher=Energy Market Regulatory Authority |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323091601/http://lisans.epdk.gov.tr/epvys-web/faces/pages/lisans/elektrikUretim/elektrikUretimOzetSorgula.xhtml |archive-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live }}^
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- Enerji Yatırımları Enerji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü, retrieved 3 October 2019^
- ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Adapazarı Sugar Factory a.k.a. Ada Şeker a.k.a. Sakarya Adapazarı Şeker Üretimi www.adaseker.com.tr, retrieved 2020-06-05^
- ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Afşin Elbistan B Afşin Afsin Elbistan-B Coal Power Plant Turkey globalenergyobservatory.org, retrieved 31 January 2020^
- 2019 YILI ENERJİ YATIRIMLARI^
- 2019 yılı enerji yatırımları Enerji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü^
- ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Atlas İskenderun Diler coalexit.org, retrieved 2020-03-06^
- Acıpayam ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Bekirli-1 a.k.a. Biga a.k.a. İçdaş Çelik Enerji Biga ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Bekirli-2 a.k.a. Bekirli Biga ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Beypazarı ETİ Soda Cogeneration a.k.a. ETİ Soda Beypazarı ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Bolluk a.k.a. Alkim Konya 2018 Yılı Enerji Yatırımları Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Turkey)^
- Özgen Ercan, Faruk Dinçer, Deniz Sarı, Özcan Ceylan, Fatih Kemal Di̇nçer. Determination of PM10 and deposited dust dispersion on the settlement areas from Aksa Göynük coal (lignite) fueled thermal power plant Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2020-06-10^
- ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Cenal Biga Cenal coalexit.org, retrieved 2020-03-06^
- Çatalağzı Termik Santrali yeniden çalışmaya başlıyor Enerji Günlüğü, retrieved 2020-06-05^
- Konya Şeker Coban Yildizi Thermal Powerplant Konya Sugar, retrieved 2020-02-05^
- Hakkımızda cobanyildizi.com.tr, retrieved 31 January 2020^
- ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Çolakoğlu a.k.a. Çolakoğlu-2 Gebze ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Dazkırı Cogeneration a.k.a. Alkim Afyon ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Göknur Niğde ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|İsken Sugözü a.k.a. Sugözu İsken a.k.a. İskenderun Yumurtalık İsken Sugözü Power Plant Isken, retrieved 2020-06-11^
- ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|İzdemir Aliağa Teknik Özellikler İzdemir Energy, retrieved 31 January 2020^
- Kangal Kangal coalexit.org, retrieved 2020-03-06^
- Baskı sonuç verdi: Filtresiz termik santrallere izin çıkmadı Deutsche Welle, 15 February 2019, retrieved 4 September 2019^
- ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Kemerköy Gökova ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Kipaş Paper Factory Türkoğlu ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Küçüker Cogeneration Denizli ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Kütahya Sugar Factory Kütahya ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Orhaneli Orhaneli ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Polat a.k.a. Polat-1 Tavşanlı ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Seydişehir a.k.a. ETİ Alüminyum Seydişehir ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Seyitömer ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Soma Kolin Soma Soma Kolin Termik Santrali ÇED eced.csb.gov.tr, retrieved 2020-02-08^
- Soma-A Thermal Power Plant^
- Steam from the power station is used for residential heating in the winter.<ref name=":3"> Haluk Direskeneli. Enerji piyasalarında 2020 yılı öngörüleri Enerji Günlüğü, 3 January 2020, retrieved 4 January 2020^
- 1st Power Plant 1973-02-28, retrieved 2020-06-20^
- ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|Yeniköy Milas ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|ZETES-1 Zonguldak ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|ZETES-2 Zonguldak ! scope=row style="text-align: left"|ZETES-3 Zonguldak ! style="text-align: left;" |Total However, the energy ministry says total installed capacity 21,931 MW (perhaps the difference is net vs gross that is operational vs installed). Installed Power in Renewable Energy Exceeded 75 Thousand Megawatts enerji.gov.tr, retrieved 2025-12-23^