Tunçbilek power station

Tunçbilek power station (also known as Çelikler Tunçbilek power station) is a 365 MW coal-fired power station in Turkey in Kütahya built in the 1970s, which burns lignite from Tunçbilek coal mine.

[1] The plant is owned by Çelikler Holding and in 2018 received 41 million lira capacity payments.

[2] The area is a sulfur dioxide air pollution hotspot.

[3] According to İklim Değişikliği Politika ve Araştırma Derneği (Climate Change Policy and Research Association) in 2021 the plant operated without a licence for 11 days without penalty.

[5]: 30 It is estimated that closing the plant by 2030, instead of when its licence ends in 2064, would prevent over 6000 premature deaths.