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Mutlular power station

Biomass power plant in Balikesir, Turkey. Approximate location 40.2049, 27.7196.

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Mutlular power station is a 30 MW biomass power plant in Balikesir, Turkey. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 41k homes (estimated). It ranks #389 of 502 Turkey power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 2.4% of Turkey's electricity; the national grid averages 475 gCO₂/kWh (43.3% low-carbon) (2025).

30Legacy source-record capacity
41,297homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-6393.

Data status

Known data

FacilityMutlular power station Climate TRACE
CountryTurkey · Balikesir Climate TRACE
Coordinates40.2049, 27.7196 Climate TRACE
FuelBiomass Climate TRACE
MW installed capacity30 MW Climate TRACE source record; scope not independently normalised

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#389 of 502 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#10 of 45 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.88× · 16 MW median · 45 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent41,297 calculated
Climate13.6°C · HDD 2,006 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 39/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: Climate TRACE source-record capacity (modelled/legacy); fuel: Climate TRACE source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 30 MW, Mutlular power station is well above the median biomass plant in Turkey (16 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.

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

Capacity vs largest biomass plants in Turkey

Eyüp Kemerburgaz power station: 85 MW85Eyüp Kemer…Avcıkoru power station: 44 MW44Avcıkoru p…Karaman power station: 40 MW40Karaman po…Silivri Seymen power station: 37 MW37Silivri Se…MAV Elektrik power station: 35 MW35MAV Elektr…Harmandali power station: 32 MW32Harmandali…Kula power station: 31 MW31Kula power…Toros Tarım power station: 31 MW31Toros Tarı…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 40.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.6°Cannual mean temp
2,006heating degree-days (base 18°C)
419cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
170 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 5 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 15 °CON: 10 °CND: 7 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 18% 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: 43/100 — 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

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
39/100environmental-severity index
18.0°Cseasonal temperature swing
48 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 #10 largest biomass power plant of 45 in Turkey by capacity.

Turkey has 45 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 922 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 40.2049, 27.7196 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Mutlular power station?

Mutlular power station is a 30 MW source-record biomass power plant in Balikesir, Turkey.

How many homes can Mutlular power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 41,297 homes (estimated).

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