Kangal power station is a 537 MW coal power station in Sivas, Turkey. It is operated by Konya Şeker Enerji. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 672k homes (estimated). It ranks #159 of 502 Turkey power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1993, it is around 33 years old — long-established. Its modelled annual emissions are 2,491,700 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 581k cars driven for a year. 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 WRI1018712.
Data status
Known data
Modelled source data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
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 457 MW for Kangal 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 · L100000103708; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 537 MW, Kangal power station is below the median coal plant in Turkey (630 MW). 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.
~2,491,700 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.
Key facts
- Share of Turkey coal capacity
- 0.4% of 147,855 MW across 184 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 15 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 Konya Şeker Enerji.
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 39.1°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 60% above 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: 83/100 — this site sits in the top 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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling 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 #104 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
- Kangal Etyemez power station · Coal · 135 MW · Sivas
- Kangal power station · Coal · 457 MW · Sivas
- Sivas · Solar · 19.1 MW · Sivas
- Afşin-Elbistan power stations · Coal · 9,283 MW · Kahramanmaraş
- Kahramanmaraş Anadolu power station · Coal · 1,200 MW · Kahramanmaraş
- Afşin Elbistan Termik Santrali · Coal · 2,795 MW · Kahramanmaras
Location
Coordinates 39.0774, 37.2958 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Kangal power station?
Kangal power station is a 537 MW coal power plant in Sivas, Turkey, commissioned in 1993.
Who operates Kangal power station?
Kangal power station is operated by Konya Şeker Enerji.
How much CO₂ does Kangal power station emit?
Kangal power station has modelled emissions of about 2,491,700 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).