The most important power stations in Turkey are listed here. Turkey generates about 300 TWh of electricity per year.
All operational coal-fired power stations over 50MW are listed below.
Five plants were shut down at the end of 2019 to reduce air pollution,[1] leaving total installed capacity at about 17 GW, with 1.3 GW under construction.[2] However[3] government may continue subsidizing some of the most polluting plants in 2020.[4][5] In 2019 almost 500 million lira was paid to them.[6]
In 2017 imported hard coal generated 51 TWh and local coal (almost all lignite) 44 TWh of electricity.[7]
Hard coal is estimated to emit 1126 g CO2-eq./kWh and lignite 1062 g CO2-eq./kWh.[8]
Power Station | Capacity (MW) | CO2 emissions (Mt/year)[9] | Owner | Capacity Mechanism Payment (₺m) | |||
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2018 [12] | 2019 [13] | 2020 [14] | 2021[15] | ||||
Afşin-Elbistan B | 1440 | 7.41 | EÜAŞ | ||||
Atlas Enerji İskenderun | 1200 | 4.66 | Atlas Enerji | eligible | eligible | ||
Bolu Göynük | 270 | 1.39 | Kazancı Holding | 30 | 40 | eligible | eligible |
Cenal | 1320 | 5.04 | Cenal Elektrik | eligible | |||
Çatalağzı | 315 | eligible | |||||
Çayırhan | 620 | 3.65 | Ciner Group | ||||
Yatağan | 630 | 3.92 | Bereket Enerji | 70 | 94 | eligible | eligible |
Emba Hunutlu | 1320 | mainly Shanghai Electric Power Company[16] also local investors | |||||
Kangal | 457 | eligible | |||||
Kemerköy | 630 | 3.78 | Yeniköy Kemerköy Elektrik | 70 | 94 | eligible | eligible |
Yeniköy | 420 | 2.61 | Yeniköy Kemerköy Elektrik | 47 | 63 | eligible | eligible |
18 Mart Can | 320 | 1.78 | EÜAŞ | ||||
Çan-2 | 330 | 1.54 | ODAŞ Group | 10 | 49 | eligible | eligible |
Orhaneli | 210 | 1.26 | Çelikler Holding | 23 | 31 | eligible | eligible |
Tufanbeyli | 450 | 2.32 | Enerjisa | 67 | eligible | eligible | |
Soma | 990 | 6.09 | Anadolu Birlik Holding via tr:Konya Şeker | 110 | 148 | eligible | eligible |
ZETES power stations | 2790 | 10.98 total ZETES | Eren Enerji | 13 | 10 | eligible | eligible |
İsken Sugözü | 1320 | 5.35 | tr:OYAK | ||||
İzdemir Enerji | 350 | 1.49 | İzdemir Enerji | eligible | eligible | ||
İÇDAŞ Bekirli-1 | 405 | 6.89 including İÇDAŞ Bekirli-2 | İÇDAŞ | 5 | 5 | eligible | eligible |
İÇDAŞ Bekirli-2 | 1200 | included in İÇDAŞ Bekirli-1 | İÇDAŞ | eligible | |||
Şırnak Silopi | 405 | 2.08 | Ciner Group | 45 | 61 | eligible | eligible |
Soma Kolin | 510 | 2.76 | Kolin Group | 50 | eligible | eligible | |
Seyitömer | 600 | eligible | |||||
Polat | 51 | 0.26 | Polatyol | 8 | eligible | eligible | |
Gebze Çolakoğlu | 190 | Çolakoğlu Metalurji | eligible | eligible | |||
Totals: | 18743 | 56.8 | 423 | 720 |
In 2020 about 68 TWh of electricity was generated from gas.[17] As of 2021[update], according to the head of the Electricity Producers’ Association, natural gas plants do not have enough money for maintenance work.[18]
Station | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Construction year | Notes |
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Gebze | SAKARYA | 1,631 | |||
İzmir | İZMİR | 1,520 | |||
Bursa | BURSA | 1,432 | |||
Ambarlı A | İSTANBUL | 1,351 | |||
Hamitabat | KIRKLARELİ | 1,220 | |||
Habaş Aliağa | İZMİR | 1,043 | |||
Bandırma | BALIKESİR | 936 | |||
Kırıkkale | KIRIKKALE | 927 | |||
Erzin Doğalgaz santrali | HATAY | 904 | |||
Antalya | ANTALYA | 900 | |||
Bilgin Samsun Doğalgaz Kombine Çevrim Santrali | SAMSUN | 887 | |||
Yeni Doğalgaz Çevrim Santrali | KOCAELİ | 865 | |||
İç Anadolu Doğal Gaz Kombine Çevrim Enerji Santralı Projesi | KIRIKKALE | 853 | |||
Adapazarı Doğalgaz Kombine Çevrim Santrali | SAKARYA | 818 | |||
İstanbul Fuel Oil ve Doğal Gaz Kom. Çev. Sant. (B) | İSTANBUL | 816 | |||
Doğalgaz Kombine çevrim Enerji Santrali | DENİZLİ | 797 | |||
Ankara | ANKARA | 770 | |||
Cengiz 610 MW DGKÇS | SAMSUN | 610 | |||
Bandırma II Doğalgaz Kombine Çevrim Santrali | BALIKESİR | 607 | |||
Bursa | BURSA | 486 | |||
Tekirdağ | TEKİRDAĞ | 956 | |||
Kazan Doğalgaz Kojenerasyon Santrali | ANKARA | 379 | |||
Gebze Dilovası Doğal Gaz Kombine Çevrim Santrali | KOCAELİ | 253 | |||
Yeşilyurt Enerji Samsun Merkez OSB DGKÇS | SAMSUN | 234 | |||
AGE DGKÇS I | DENİZLİ | 205 | |||
Karadeniz Ereğli-Zonguldak | ZONGULDAK | 195 | |||
Esenyurt Termik Santrali | İSTANBUL | 180 | |||
Şanlıurfa OSB Enerji Santrali | ŞANLIURFA | 147 | |||
Aksa Santralı | YALOVA | 145 | |||
Taha DGKÇS | MARDİN | 136 | |||
Mersin Kojenerasyon Santrali | MERSİN | 126 | |||
Çolakoğlu-1 Termik Santrali | KOCAELİ | 123 | |||
İzmit-Köseköy Termik Santrali | KOCAELİ | 112 | |||
Kırklareli DGKÇ | KIRKLARELİ | 82 | |||
Ales DKÇS | AYDIN | 62 | |||
Delta Doğalgaz Kombine Çevrim Santrali | KIRKLARELİ | 61 | |||
Çorlu-Tekirdağ | TEKİRDAĞ | 56 | |||
Lüleburgaz-Kırklareli | KIRKLARELİ | 50 |
The CO2 emissions from new geothermal plants in Turkey are high but gradually decline: lifecycle emissions are still being researched as of 2019.[19]
Station | Community | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Construction year |
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Kızıldere Geothermal Power Plant[20] | Sarayköy, Denizli | 37°57′00″N 28°50′35″E / 37.95000°N 28.84306°E | 95 | 1984 |
Gümüşköy Geothermal Power Plant[21] | Germencik, Aydın | 37°51′20″N 27°27′48″E / 37.85556°N 27.46333°E | 13.2 | ? |
Station | Community | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Construction year |
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Alkumru Dam | 37°57′33″N 42°05′34″E / 37.959167°N 42.092778°E | 265.5 | 2011 | |
Altınkaya Dam | Kızılırmak Nehri | 41°21′48″N 35°43′27″E / 41.3632176°N 35.7240844°E | 700 | 1988 |
Arkun Dam | İspir, Erzurum | 40°40′34″N 41°17′21″E / 40.676181°N 41.289192°E | 237 | 2014 |
Artvin Dam | Artvin | 40°56′02″N 41°46′11″E / 40.933833°N 41.76975°E | 340 | 2016 |
Aslantaş Dam | Uğurlu | 40°56′12″N 36°38′56″E / 40.9366319°N 36.64891°E | 138 | 1984 |
Atatürk Dam | Eskin | 37°28′58″N 38°19′14″E / 37.4827592°N 38.3206129°E | 2,400 | 1992 |
Batman Dam | Catakköprü | 38°09′36″N 41°12′06″E / 38.160088°N 41.201574°E | 198 | 1999 |
Berke Dam | Düziçi, Osmaniye | 37°22′24″N 36°27′41″E / 37.373256°N 36.461347°E | 510 | 1999 |
Birecik Dam | Belkıs | 37°03′12″N 37°53′24″E / 37.053333°N 37.89°E | 672 | 2001 |
Borçka Dam | Borçka, Artvin | 41°20′59″N 41°41′16″E / 41.349722°N 41.687778°E | 300 | 2006 |
Boyabat Dam | Boyabat | 41°20′19″N 35°00′07″E / 41.3386°N 35.001994°E | 513 | 2012 |
Çatalan Dam | Adana | 37°02′12″N 35°20′36″E / 37.036612°N 35.3434038°E | 169 | 1997 |
Çınarcık Dam | 40°00′59″N 28°46′21″E / 40.016497°N 28.772622°E | 100 | 2002 | |
Deriner Dam | Artvin | 41°10′11″N 41°52′13″E / 41.169722°N 41.870277°E | 670 | 2012 |
Dicle Dam | Altayköy | 38°20′56″N 40°01′20″E / 38.34896°N 40.0222921°E | 110 | 1997 |
Ermenek Dam | 36°34′06″N 32°58′05″E / 36.5682012°N 32.9681683°E | 300 | 2009 | |
Gezende Dam | 36°31′42″N 33°11′40″E / 36.5284501°N 33.1943536°E | 159 | 1990 | |
Gökçekaya Dam | Gökçekaya | 40°02′00″N 31°00′57″E / 40.0334307°N 31.0159492°E | 278 | 1972 |
Hasan Uğurlu Dam | Uğurlu | 40°56′12″N 36°38′48″E / 40.9365508°N 36.6467857°E | 500 | 1981 |
Hirfanlı Dam | Hirfanlar | 39°16′22″N 33°31′05″E / 39.2727631°N 33.5181069°E | 128 | 1959 |
Ilısu Dam | 37°31′52″N 41°50′59″E / 37.531167°N 41.849653°E | 1,200 | 2018 | |
Karakaya Dam | Handere | 38°13′36″N 39°08′08″E / 38.2266006°N 39.1355324°E | 1,800 | 1989 |
Karkamış Dam | Ziyaret | 36°52′04″N 38°02′02″E / 36.8679139°N 38.0338097°E | 189 | 2000 |
Keban Dam | Keban | 38°48′23″N 38°45′32″E / 38.8064233°N 38.7589502°E | 1,330 | 1974 |
Kığı Dam | 39°22′06″N 40°21′07″E / 39.368333°N 40.351944°E | 180 | 2016 | |
Kılıçkaya Dam | Yelkesen | 40°14′31″N 38°11′09″E / 40.2419787°N 38.1859016°E | 124 | 1989 |
Köprü Dam | 38°48′23″N 35°36′45″E / 38.8064233°N 35.612483°E | 148 | 2012 | |
Menzelet Dam | Sarıçukur | 37°40′36″N 36°51′01″E / 37.6766708°N 36.8502045°E | 248 | 1989 |
Muratlı Dam | Muratlı village, Artvin | 41°28′06″N 41°42′48″E / 41.468333°N 41.713333°E | 115 | 2005 |
Obruk Dam | 40°46′13″N 34°47′17″E / 40.770278°N 34.788056°E | 202 | 2007 | |
Oymapinar Dam | Oymapınar-Manavgat | 36°54′31″N 31°31′54″E / 36.9086994°N 31.5318024°E | 540 | 1984 |
Özlüce Dam | Yayladere, Bingöl | 39°07′47″N 40°05′16″E / 39.129722°N 40.087778°E | 200 | 2000 |
Sarıyar Dam | Sarıyar | 40°02′23″N 31°24′51″E / 40.0397393°N 31.4141822°E | 160 | 1956 |
Sır Dam | Küçüksır | 37°30′04″N 36°35′47″E / 37.5010445°N 36.5962744°E | 284 | 1991 |
Torul Dam | 40°38′07″N 39°13′52″E / 40.635278°N 39.231111°E | 121.5 | 2007 | |
Yedigöze Dam | 37°24′05″N 35°26′43″E / 37.401506°N 35.445297°E | 320 | 2011 | |
Yusufeli Dam | Artvin | 40°49′13″N 41°39′41″E / 40.820278°N 41.661389°E | 540 | 2018 |
As of 2021[update] there is 9 GW of solar PV.[22]
Station name | Owner | Location | Planned Capacity(MW) | Capacity (MW) | Construction year |
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Karapınar | Kalyon | Konya | 1300 | 1000 | 2020 to 2023 |
Station | Community | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Construction year |
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Greenway Mersin CSP | 5[23] | ? |
As of 2022, there were 280 wind farms in Turkey, of which 280 were active in production with a total installed capacity of 10.592 GW more than 10% of the total installed power capacity of the country.[24]
Name | Location | Province | Capacity (MW) | Year | Manufacturer |
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KARABURUN Wind Farm | İZMİR | KARABURUN | 222.8 | 01.03.2018 | |
İstanbul Wind Farm | İSTANBUL | ÇATALCA | 181.8 | 10.09.2020 | |
Albay Çiğiltepe Wind Farm | AFYONKARAHİSAR | DİNAR | 172.6 | 16.03.2011 | |
Geycek Wind Farm | KIRŞEHİR | 168 | 14.05.2008 | ||
Balıkesir Wind Farm | BALIKESİR | 142.5 | 18.04.2007 | ||
Gökçedağ | OSMANİYE | BAHÇE | 135 | 19.12.2003 | |
Saros Wind Farm | ÇANAKKALE | 132.886 | 18.10.2012 | ||
Kangal Wind Farm | SİVAS | 128 | 12.04.2011 | ||
Şamlı | BALIKESİR | 126.5 | 06.04.2004 | ||
Soma | MANİSA | SOMA | 120 | 18.04.2019 | |
Evrencik Wind Farm | KIRKLARELİ | VİZE | 120 | 09.02.2012 | |
Aliağa | İZMİR | ALİAĞA | 120 | 17.07.2008 | |
Tatlıpınar Wind Farm | BALIKESİR | MERKEZ | 108 | 21.06.2012 | |
Şah Wind Farm | BALIKESİR | BANDIRMA | 105 | 10.04.2008 | |
Kuşadası Wind Farm | AYDIN | SÖKE | 103.5 | 21.07.2011 | |
Bağlar Wind Farm | KONYA | MERKEZ | 100 | 21.06.2012 | |
Çanta | 47.5 | ||||
Dağpazarı | 39 | ||||
Mut | 33 |
Station | Community | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Construction year | Notes |
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Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant[25][26] | 36°08′42″N 33°32′25″E / 36.144893°N 33.540376°E | 4800 | ? | Under construction | |
Sinop Nuclear Power Plant[27] | 42°05′09″N 34°57′19″E / 42.085739°N 34.955378°E | 4400 | Cancelled |