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Power plants in Turkey

A directory of 278 power plants in Turkey with a combined installed capacity of 75,390 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

278power plants
75,390MW total capacity
9fuel types
99with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Turkey)

Solar: 68 plants68SolarBiomass: 45 plants45BiomassOther: 43 plants43OtherCoal: 38 plants38CoalGas: 32 plants32GasHydro: 28 plants28HydroGeothermal: 11 plants11GeothermalWind: 8 plants8Wind

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Turkey electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

475gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
43.3%low-carbon electricity
43.3%renewables
56.7%fossil fuels
Coal: 34 % of electricity34CoalGas: 22 % of electricity22GasHydro: 16 % of electricity16HydroWind: 11 % of electricity11WindSolar: 10 % of electricity10SolarOther Renewables: 3 % of electricity3Other Rene…Bioenergy: 2 % of electricity2BioenergyOil: 0 % of electricity0Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Turkey

#PlantFuelMW
1Afşin Elbistan Termik SantraliCoal2,795
2ZETES power stationsCoal2,790
3Atatürk DamHydro2,400
4Zonguldak Eren (ZETES)Coal2,090
5Karakaya DamHydro1,800
6İÇDAŞ Biga power stationCoal1,605
7Enka Gebze Doğalgaz SantraliGas1,595
8Enka İzmir Doğalgaz SantraliGas1,520
9Afşin-Elbistan power stationsCoal1,440
10Bursa Doğalgaz SantraliGas1,432
11Bursa B power stationOther1,400
12Ambarlı B Doğalgaz SantraliGas1,351
13Keban DamHydro1,330
14Cenal power stationCoal1,320
15EMBA Hunutlu power stationCoal1,320
16İsken Sugözü power stationCoal1,210
17Ilısu DamHydro1,200
18İskenderun Atlas Termik SantraliCoal1,200
19İÇDAŞ Bekirli-2 power stationCoal1,200
20İÇDAŞ Biga Termik SantraliCoal1,200

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Solar (68)Biomass (45)Other (43)Coal (38)Gas (32)Hydro (28)Geothermal (11)Wind (8)Oil (5)