Ilgın power station is a 500 MW coal power station in Konya, Turkey. It ranks #166 of 502 Turkey power plants by installed capacity. 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_ilgn_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.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
At 500 MW, Ilgın power station is below the median coal plant in Turkey (630 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Shelved” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #108 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
- Makascı Mühendislik · Solar · 10 MW · Konya
- Bientaş Konya power station · Biomass · 13 MW · Konya
- Eğribayat · Solar · 11 MW · Konya
- Cay power station · Gas · 143 MW · Aegean
- Cay power station · Gas · 156 MW · Afyonkarahisar
- Altınekin · Solar · 8.4 MW · Konya
Location
Coordinates 38.26, 31.91 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Ilgın power station?
Ilgın power station is a 500 MW coal power plant in Konya, Turkey.