Corlu CHP power station — Turkey

Corlu CHP power station is a 56 MW gas power plant in Marmara, Turkey. It ranks #342 of 502 Turkey power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2007, it is around 19 years old — relatively modern. In context, gas supplies about 22.1% of Turkey's electricity; the national grid averages 475 gCO₂/kWh (43.3% low-carbon) (2025).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 56 MW, Corlu CHP power station is below the median gas plant in Turkey (180 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #124 largest gas power plant of 142 in Turkey by capacity.

Turkey has 142 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 57,910 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Corlu CHP power station · Gas · 56.2 MW · Tekirdag
• Çebi Enerji power station · Coal · 700 MW · Tekirdağ
• Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi Doğalgaz Kombine Çevrim Santrali · Gas · 478 MW · Tekirdag
• Tekirdağ power station · Gas · 495 MW · Tekirdag
• Tekirdağ power station · Gas · 956 MW · Marmara Ereğlisi
• Kırkgöz power station · Gas · 83.4 MW · Tekirdag

Location

Coordinates 41.138, 27.8653 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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