Aliaga Habas power station

{{short description|Gas fired power station in Turkey}}

{{Infobox power station}}

Aliaga Habas power station ({{langx|tr|Habaş/ Aliağa-DGKÇ Santrali}}) is a gas-fired power station in İzmir Province in western Turkey.{{Cite thesis |title=Bir çelik fabrikası güç üretim tesisinin termodinamik analizi |url=http://acikerisim.deu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/handle/20.500.12397/8293 |publisher=DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü |date=2009 |degree=Thesis |language=tr |first=Hasan Özgür |last=Köylü}}{{Cite web |date=2008-11-22 |title=Habaş'a Doğalgaz Santrali |url=http://www.gunaydinaliaga.com/habasa-dogalgaz-santrali-4992h.htm |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=www.gunaydinaliaga.com |language=tr}}{{Cite web |last=Argün |first=Muammer |title=Aliağa Bizden Ne Kadar Uzak? |url=https://www.emo.org.tr/ekler/6ad07dbd6b70e8f_ek.pdf?dergi=875}} Like the nearby İzmir gas power plant it is one of the few gigawatt scale power stations in Turkey.{{Cite web |title=Habaş - Habaş Sınai ve Tıbbi Gazlar |url=https://www.enerjiatlasi.com/firma/habas.html |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=Enerji Atlası |language=tr-TR}} However İzmir has a lot of potential for more solar, wind and geothermal energy.{{Cite web |last=Pınar |first=Praise |title=Energy |url=https://www.izto.org.tr/en/tg/energy |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Izmir Chanber of Commerce}} Because hydropower is almost all much further east gas is the main source of flexible power in western Turkey and, as of 2022, gas is expensive:{{Cite journal |last1=Saygin |first1=D. |last2=Tör |first2=O. B. |last3=Cebeci |first3=M. E. |last4=Teimourzadeh |first4=S. |last5=Godron |first5=P. |date=2021-03-01 |title=Increasing Turkey's power system flexibility for grid integration of 50% renewable energy share |journal=Energy Strategy Reviews |language=en |volume=34 |pages=100625 |doi=10.1016/j.esr.2021.100625 |issn=2211-467X|doi-access=free }} geothermal could be made more flexible to balance an increase in solar and wind.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-16 |title=GeoSmart: towards flexibility of geothermal plants |url=https://www.egec.org/geosmart-towards-flexibility-of-geothermal-plants/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=EGEC - European Geothermal Energy Council |language=en-US}}