Çatalağzı power station (ÇATES) is a coal-fired power station in Turkey. Its two units opened in 1990 and 1991, and it was privatised in 2014. The plant was shut down for not meeting new air pollution regulations for coal in Turkey in January 2020, but was granted a one-year temporary operating licence by the Turkish Environment Ministry in June. The first long-distance transmission line was from Zonguldak to Istanbul in 1952. Çatalağzı power station is located on a 100-hectare (250-acre) site three km (1.9 mi) from Çatalağzi and 17 km (11 mi) from Zonguldak. The plant was put in the 1974 investment plan to meet national electricity demand and to make use of some of the leftovers of coal preparation in the Zonguldak basin. As well as being close to the mines, other criteria were the availability of an ash and slag disposal site, the water needed by the power plant, proximity to the electricity consumption centers, and being far from earthquake faults. More information...
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