Umut power station

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Umut power station (Umut Enerji Santrali) is a cancelled power station in Akçay, Terme, Samsun, Türkiye.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Umut power station Akçay, Terme, Samsun, Türkiye 41.133, 37.156 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
cancelled coal: bituminous 660 unknown 2015

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Owner Parent
TİM Avrasya Yatırım LŞ [100%] TİM Avrasya Yatırım LŞ [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): imported

Background

TİM Avrasya Yatırım is planning to build a 660-MW coal-fired power plant in Terme District of Samsun Province. The project received a production license,[1] which was cancelled in 2015 after a public opposition campaign prompted the ministry to end the environmental impact assessment process.[2]

Following Terme's objections to the project, the municipality declared a 563-hectare area near the Gölyazı and Gölardı villages as "Amazon Nature Park."[3]

Opposition

Twenty-six non-governmental organizations have opposed the plant, and formed the group Terme Çevre Platformu (Terme Environmental Platform). The mayor of Terme District, Şenol Kul, a member of the ruling AK Party, has spoken out very strongly against the proposal, saying that the highly biodiverse and environmentally pristine area of the Terme Plain would be endangered by the plant.[4]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. Rasim KANİ, "TERME İÇİN DUYARLI OLALIM," Bilgi, 12 August 2014
  2. "Terme Akçay 'da Termik Santral İstemiyoruz," change.org, Nov 3, 2015
  3. "Black Sea town declares power plant project site a natural park after legal struggle," Daily Sabah, Oct 23, 2016
  4. Başak Çubukçu, Terme'nin termik santral isyanı, Al Jazeera Turkey, 4 June 2015.

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