Electricity Generation Company (Turkey)
Chairman) | |
| Products | Lignite mining, electricity generation, transmission and trading |
|---|---|
Number of employees | 6052[1] |
| Website | www.euas.gov.tr |
The Electricity Generation Company (
History
EÜAŞ was founded by the government in 2001. Its main purpose was to plan and implement the
Power plants
As of 2019[update] EUAŞ owns almost a fifth of Turkey's total generating capacity[3] including coal, gas, hydro and wind power stations.[5]
Lignite coalfields
As of 2020[update] EUAŞ owns most of the country's lignite in 7 coalfields, including the largest Elbistan.[5]
Pollution and deaths
EÜAŞ owns the old Can-1 and
Electricity Trading
Çan-2 coal-fired power station opened in 2018 and EÜAŞ guaranteed 7 years of electricity purchases at a cost of between 64 and 70m USD per year.[7]
Economics
EÜAŞ (with state-owned gas and oil company
: 12Greenhouse gas emissions
Climate TRACE estimates the company's coal-fired power stations emitted over 6 million tons of the country's total 730 million tons of greenhouse gas in 2022:[12][13] it is on the Urgewald Global Coal Exit List.[14]
Sources
- Doukas, Alex; Gençsü, Ipek (June 2019). Turkey: G20 coal subsidies (PDF). Overseas Development Institute (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- EÜAŞ - A briefing for investors, insurers and banks (PDF). Europe Beyond Coal (Report). January 2020.[permanent dead link]
References
- ^ "Personel Durumu". Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Turkey's Euas misses payment to lignite-fired plants". Argus. 17 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Republic of Turkey Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources - Electricity". enerji.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ "Turkey: Transitional Amendments Under Decree No. 703". Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Santraller" (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Health and Environment Alliance | Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey". Health and Environment Alliance. 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Kömür yerli ama ödemesi dolarla". Sözcü. 5 February 2019.
- ^ "Turkish lira tumble triggers electricity curtailment fears". ICIS. 13 August 2018.
- ^ "Electricity distribution and production scandals in Turkey". www.duvarenglish.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ Doukas (2019), p. 2
- ^ "Taking Stock of Coal Risks". Carbon Tracker. November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-04.
- ^ "Explore Map - Climate TRACE". climatetrace.org. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "Explore Map - Climate TRACE". climatetrace.org. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "Explore the Data". coalexit.org. 2023.
