Konya Karapınar power station

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Konya Karapınar power station (Konya Karapınar Termik Santrali) is a shelved power station in Karapınar, Konya, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Konya Karapınar power station Karapınar, Konya, Türkiye 37.614187, 33.591193 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology
shelved coal: lignite 1000 unknown

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Owner Parent
Electricity Generation Company (Türkiye) AŞ [100%] Electricity Generation Company (Türkiye) AŞ [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): Konya Karapınar coal mine

Background

In January 2013, at the conclusion of a four-year study, Turkey's General Directorate of Mineral Research & Exploration (Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlüğü, or MTA) announced its estimate that a lignite field in Konya province's Karapınar district contained 1.8 billion tons of lignite coal. The Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources announced plans to recruit investors to build a 5,000 MW coal-fired power plant — which would be tied with several others as the world's fourth-biggest coal plant.[1]

In September 2013, an investment consortium consisting of Hungary's Hornonitrianske bane Prievidza (HBP), Slovakia's Istroenergo Group, and Thailand's Singa Energy Solutions signed a preliminary agreement with Turkey's state-owned Electricity Generation Company (EÜAŞ) to build a $7-$8 billion, 5,000-MW coal-fired power plant in Karapınar district. The investment consortium began investigating further technical and financial aspects of the project for feasibility.[2][3]

In December 2013, a panel of experts unveiled a report showing the potential environmental harms that would be caused by the massive plant, including potential total depletion of groundwater in the area.[4][5]

In March 2014, after country-to-country-level conversations over the project between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, EÜAŞ entered into final investment talks with the consortium of firms, now also including Saudi state energy firm ACWA Power, among others. The estimated cost has now been upped to $10 billion.[6][7][8]

In November 2014 it was reported Turkey would solicit bids for construction of the power station.[9]

In January 2018 Energy Minister Berat Albayrak said that investment studies have been speeded up [10] and a local ruling party MP said that the plant would be twice the size of "Elbistan power plant".[11]

In October 2018 the project was included in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's "Investment Program Preparations for 2019-2021 Period."[12] As of August 2020 the project is reduced in scope and is for a 1,000-MW plant, according to CAN Europe.[13]

In October 2020 the plant appeared in an investment guide published by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.[14]

As of November 2021 the project did not appear on the website of Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA).

With no apparent updates in several years, the power station was presumed to be shelved in May 2023.

Water

The area is an extremely water stressed area.[15]

Privatization

In November 2016 it was reported that privatization of the Konya-Karapınar coalfield and tenders for 3 to 4GW of plant construction were expected to commence shortly.[16]

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References

Additional data

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