Istanbul Waste Power Plant | |
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Official name | İBB Atık Yakma ve Enerji Üretim Tesisi |
Country | Turkey |
Location | Işıklar Mah., Eyüp, Istanbul |
Coordinates | 41°13′30″N 28°48′54″E / 41.22500°N 28.81500°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 16 September 2017 |
Commission date | November 26, 2021 |
Owner(s) | Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality |
Operator(s) | İstanbul Environmental Management Co. (İSTAÇ) |
Thermal capacity | 175 MW⋅h |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 78 MW⋅h |
Istanbul Waste Power Plant (Turkish: İBB Atık Yakma ve Enerji Ürestim Tesisi) is a waste-to-energy facility in the Eyüp district of Istanbul near the Odayeri landfill,[1] Turkey, using waste incineration. Opened in 2021 it is owned by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) and operated by İstanbul Environmental Management Co. (İSTAÇ).[2] It is Turkey's first power plant of this type.[3]
The waste-to-energy plant was built by a consortium of the Swiss Hitachi Zosen Inova and the Turkish Makyol. Construction began on 16 September 2017.[4][5] Located in the Işıklar (formerly Kısırmandıra) neighborhood of the Eyüp district of Istanbul,[6] it was opened on 26 November 2021.[2][4] The plant is owned by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) and operated by İstanbul Environmental Management Co. (İSTAÇ), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Municipality.[4] It is Turkey's first waste-to-energy facility.[3][4] Kömürcüoda on the Asia side also generates electricity.
The plant is capable of incinerating 3,000 tons of waste daily, 15% of Istanbul's daily domestic waste.[2][4] The three incinerators each of 1,000 tons capacity reach about 850–1,100 °C (1,560–2,010 °F).[5][6] It can generate 78 MW⋅h electrical energy and 175 MW⋅h thermal energy. The generated electricity is equivalent to the needs of nearly 1.4 million people. A reduction of greenhouse gas emissions amounting to 1.38 million tons can be achieved, which is the amount of exhaust gas emission of about 700.000 vehicles.[2][7] In 2022 the nearby Odayeri landfill was estimated by Climate Trace to have emitted over 6 million tonnes of CO2eq.[8] 90 people are employed in the facility. The plant saves a waste landfill storage area of 100 ha (250 acres).[5]