Kardemir Karabük Demir Çelik power station — Turkey

Kardemir Karabük Demir Çelik power station is a 112.5 MW coal power station in Karabuk, Turkey. It is operated by Kardemir Karabuk Demir Çelik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AŞ. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 141k homes (estimated). It ranks #301 of 502 Turkey power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 521,000 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 121k 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 CT-6299.

Data provenance

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

capacity: Climate TRACE; fuel: GEM wiki operating-unit Fuel(s), dominant by operating MW >=80%, fetched 2026-07-05

In context: how this plant compares

At 112.5 MW, Kardemir Karabük Demir Çelik 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.

~521,000 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

less than 0.1% of 147,855 MW across 184 plants in this dataset

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 Kardemir Karabuk Demir Çelik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AŞ.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.2°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 15% 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: 58/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #169 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

• Eskipazar · Solar · 8.1 MW · Karabuk
• Zafer power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Bartın
• Oyka power station · Biomass · 21 MW · Zonguldak
• Saltukova power station · Coal · 350 MW · Zonguldak
• HEMA Amasra power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · Bartın
• Filyos power station · Coal · 1,600 MW · Zonguldak

Location

Coordinates 41.1825, 32.6305 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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