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Tufanbeyli power station

Coal power plant in Adana, Turkey. Approximate location 38.1856, 36.2699.

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Tufanbeyli power station is a 450 MW coal power station in Adana, Turkey. It is operated by Enerjisa Enerji Uretim AS. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 563k homes (estimated). It ranks #174 of 502 Turkey power plants by installed capacity. Its modelled annual emissions are 2,670,100 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 622k 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).

450Source-backed capacity
563,142homes powered (est.)
2,670,100t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-6270.

Data status

Known data

FacilityTufanbeyli power station Climate TRACE
CountryTurkey · Adana Climate TRACE
Coordinates38.1856, 36.2699 Climate TRACE
FuelCoal Climate TRACE
MW installed capacity450 MW Climate TRACE source record; scope not independently normalised
OwnerEnerjisa Enerji Uretim AS Climate TRACE

Modelled source data

CO₂ emissions2,670,100 t CO₂/yr modelled · Climate TRACE

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#174 of 502 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#111 of 184 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.71× · 630 MW median · 184 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent563,142 calculated
Climate7.0°C · HDD 4,000 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC2 · 27/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

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

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM tracker 2026 (location L100000103610); fuel: Climate TRACE source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 450 MW, Tufanbeyli 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.

~2,670,100 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

622kpassenger cars driven for a year
348khomes' yearly energy use
45 milliontree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Turkey

Afşin-Elbistan power stations: 9,283 MW9kAfşin-Elbi…ZETES power stations: 3,450 MW3kZETES powe…Afşin Elbistan Termik Santrali: 2,795 MW3kAfşin Elbi…ZETES power stations: 2,790 MW3kZETES powe…Zonguldak Eren (ZETES): 2,090 MW2kZonguldak …İskenderun power station: 2,000 MW2kİskenderun…Karapinar Konya Şeker power station: 2,000 MW2kKarapinar …METES power station: 2,000 MW2kMETES powe…

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

Owner

Operated by Enerjisa Enerji Uretim AS. All plants by this company →

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 38.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.0°Cannual mean temp
4,000heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
1,760 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -3 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 10 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 9 °CON: 3 °CND: -2 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 63% 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: 84/100 — 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

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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
27/100environmental-severity index
22.0°Cseasonal temperature swing
183 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 #111 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

Location

Coordinates 38.1856, 36.2699 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Tufanbeyli power station?

Tufanbeyli power station is a 450 MW source-record coal power plant in Adana, Turkey.

How many homes can Tufanbeyli power station power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 563,142 homes (estimated).

Who operates Tufanbeyli power station?

Tufanbeyli power station is operated by Enerjisa Enerji Uretim AS.

How much CO₂ does Tufanbeyli power station emit?

Tufanbeyli power station has modelled emissions of about 2,670,100 tonnes of CO₂ per year (Climate TRACE).

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