Cenal power station

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

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Cenal power station is a 1320-megawatt coal-fired power station in Turkey in Çanakkale Province, which burns imported and local coal.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-11|title=Yatırım Finansman: Model Portföy Güncelleme Raporu|url=https://www.paraanaliz.com/2021/piyasa/yatirim-finansman-model-portfoy-guncelleme-raporu-g-17421/|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Paraanaliz|language=tr}} The plant was financed by Turkish banks{{Cite web|title=Financing completed for Karabiga|url=https://www.akyatirim.com.tr/apps/pdfviewer/ALARK-141211-AK/2858|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103171704/https://www.akyatirim.com.tr/apps/pdfviewer/ALARK-141211-AK/2858 |archive-date=2022-01-03 }} and is owned by Cengiz Holding and Alarko Holding and receives capacity payments.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-01|title=2022’de 51 santrale kapasite desteği verilecek|url=https://www.enerjigunlugu.net/2022de-51-santrale-kapasite-destegi-verilecek-45176h.htm|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Enerji Günlüğü|language=tr}} Environmentalists, such as Greenpeace, attempted to stop construction with protests,{{Cite web|date=2013-08-09|title=Termik santrale yürütmeyi durdurma çıktı, Karabiga Çevre Platformu: ‘Bu daha başlangıç mücadeleye devam’|url=https://sendika.org/2013/08/karabigada-termik-santrale-yurutmeyi-durdurma-karari-cikti-134339/|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Sendika.Org|language=tr}} and legal action against the environmental impact assessments.{{Cite web|title=Istanbul airport contractor gets new setback on coal plant project|url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-airport-contractor-gets-new-setback-on-coal-plant-project-74853|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Hürriyet Daily News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117061426/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com:80/istanbul-airport-contractor-gets-new-setback-on-coal-plant-project-74853 |archive-date=2019-01-17 }} Cenal is on the Global Coal Exit List.{{Cite web|title=Cenal|url=https://coalexit.org/database?name=Cenal|access-date=2020-03-06|website=coalexit.org}} It is estimated that closing the plant by 2030, instead of when its licence ends in 2062, would prevent over 4000 premature deaths.{{Cite report |url=https://www.env-health.org/curing-chronic-coal-turkey/ |title=Curing Chronic Coal: The health benefits of a 2030 coal phase out in Turkey |publisher=Health and Environment Alliance |language=en-GB |year=2022}}