İzdemir Enerji power station is a 720 MW coal power station in İzmir, Turkey. It is operated by İzdemir Enerji Elektrik Üretim AŞ [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 901k homes (estimated). It ranks #123 of 502 Turkey power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. In context, coal supplies about 34.3% 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 GEM_coa_izdemirenerji_trkiy.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 370 MW for İzdemir Enerji power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103669; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 720 MW, İzdemir Enerji power station is well above the median coal plant in Turkey (630 MW). Technically it is described as supercritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Turkey coal capacity
- 0.5% of 147,855 MW across 184 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 31 of 62 dated coal plants in Turkey are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Turkey
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by İzdemir Enerji Elektrik Üretim AŞ [100%].
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 38.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 44% 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: 32/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #76 largest coal power plant of 184 in Turkey by capacity.
Turkey has 184 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 147,855 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- İzdemir Enerji power station · Coal · 350 MW · Izmir
- Bozyaka · Wind · 12 MW · Izmir
- Aliaga Energy power station · Gas · 870 MW · İzmir
- Aliaga Habas power station · Gas · 294 MW · İzmir
- Aliaga Habas power station · Gas · 1,138 MW · Izmir
- Aliağa Enka power station · Coal · 800 MW · İzmir
Location
Coordinates 38.74173, 26.92917 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is İzdemir Enerji power station?
İzdemir Enerji power station is a 720 MW coal power plant in İzmir, Turkey, commissioned in 2014.
Who operates İzdemir Enerji power station?
İzdemir Enerji power station is operated by İzdemir Enerji Elektrik Üretim AŞ [100%].