Turkey aims to cover 30% of its power generation with coal by 2023. The country aims to develop domestic resources, in order to reduce natural gas imports, and aims to attract private investors by granting coal reserves without any payment to the government during the investment period; instead, private companies would give a certain amount of their coal production for power generation.
By 2023, up to $25bn coal-related tenders should be completed. The first one was the 600 MW Tufanbeyli project, awarded to a Turkish company and a Chinese partner; other tenders will be opened for the Kütahya-Tunçbilek coalfield and for coal resources in the Bursa region. A new 450 MW lignite-fired project in Soma (Manisa) was announced. Moreover, EUAS, the State-owned power utility, and TAQA, Abu-Dhabi energy group, have signed a cooperation agreement on investment in and optimisation of an existing lignite power plant in the Afin-Elbistan region, the development of mines and the establishment of new power plants in the Afşin-Elbistan coal fields in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş. The coal reserves of Afşin-Elbistan are estimated to 4,400 Mt (10% of Turkey's lignite reserves), offering the potential to build up to 8,200 MW of new thermal capacity.
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