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Turkey

Turkey plans large-scale upgrade of 1,440 MW thermal plant - media

Dec 22, 2014, 5:34:48 PMArticle by Yurkie Ali
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ISTANBUL (Turkey), December 22 (SeeNews) – Turkey is considering a large-scale upgrade of its 1,440 megawatt (MW) Afsin-Elbistan thermal power plant in the southern province of Kahramanmaras through building new units, local media reported.

Turkey plans large-scale upgrade of 1,440 MW thermal plant - media

The plant was built 30-35 years ago and it is time to upgrade it, Turkey’s energy minister Taner Yildiz said as quoted by news agency Anadolu Ajansi on Sunday.

The Turkish government will invest $3.6 billion (2.9 billion euro) in the province in four years, Yildiz said, adding that Japan, South Korea and China have also expressed interest in investing in the plant's planned upgrade.

The Afsin-Elbistan thermal power plant consists of four units of 360 MW each.

($ = 0.816 euro)

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