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Bursa Doğalgaz Santrali

Gas power plant in Bursa, Turkey. Approximate location 40.2952, 29.0736.

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Bursa Doğalgaz Santrali is a 1,432 MW gas power station in Bursa, Turkey. It is operated by EÜAŞ. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,612,841 homes (estimated). It ranks #10 of 278 Turkey power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 22.1% of Turkey's electricity; the national grid averages 475 gCO₂/kWh (43.3% low-carbon) (2025).

1,432MW installed capacity
1,612,841homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1018751.

~2,257,978 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

526,335passenger cars driven for a year
294,468homes' yearly energy use
37,632,960tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest gas plants in Turkey

Enka Gebze Doğalgaz Santrali: 1,595 MW2kEnka Gebze…Enka İzmir Doğalgaz Santrali: 1,520 MW2kEnka İzmir…Bursa Doğalgaz Santrali: 1,432 MW1kBursa Doğa…Ambarlı B Doğalgaz Santrali: 1,351 MW1kAmbarlı B …Hamitabat Termik Santrali: 1,156 MW1kHamitabat …Aksa Antalya Doğalgaz Santrali: 1,150 MW1kAksa Antal…Bandırma Doğalgaz Santrali: 931 MW931Bandırma D…Erzin Doğalgaz Santrali: 904 MW904Erzin Doğa…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by EÜAŞ. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.8°Cannual mean temp
1,968heating degree-days (base 18°C)
470cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
195 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 6 °CFM: 8 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 15 °CON: 10 °CND: 7 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 20% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 42/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #3 largest gas power plant of 32 in Turkey by capacity.

Turkey has 32 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 19,414 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 40.2952, 29.0736 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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