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Zero coal target: 'Turkey can replace coal sites with solar energy fields'

Zero coal target: 'Turkey can replace coal sites with solar energy fields'

With such a transformation, the electricity needs of 6.9 million households could be met, according to a report by environmental groups.

Turkey one of four countries in Europe that haven't set a date to quit coal

Turkey one of four countries in Europe that haven't set a date to quit coal

Turkey should set a date for coal exit before the climate summit to be held in Egypt at the end of the year, says the Ekosfer Association.

Petition by young people in Turkey: 'Prepare a coal exit action plan for a carbon-free future'

Petition by young people in Turkey: 'Prepare a coal exit action plan for a carbon-free future'

The Youth for Climate Turkey team has launched a petition demanding that Turkey take realistic and genuine steps towards achieving its 2053 decarbonization target: “In order to do this, it is crucial that our country announces it will phase out coal by 2030.”

27 January 2022

Paris Agreement takes effect in Turkey: 'Fossil fuels should be abandoned urgently'

Paris Agreement takes effect in Turkey: 'Fossil fuels should be abandoned urgently'

Health problems caused by air pollution from coal-fired power plants cost Turkey 2.86 billion Euro per year, NGOs warn.

10 November 2021

'Coal has no future in Turkey'

'Coal has no future in Turkey'

Turkey must make a roadmap for quitting coal after announcing that it will ratify Paris Agreement, says Europe Beyond Coal.

22 September 2021

New coal power plant projects have decreased by 76 percent since 2015

E3G REPORT

New coal power plant projects have decreased by 76 percent since 2015

E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism has released a report on the global pipeline of proposed coal power plants: “Turkey alone accounts for 73 percent of the remaining OECD and EU pre-construction pipeline.”

15 September 2021

‘Trees would have been cut down if we had not been here, we won’t leave Akbelen’

INTERVENTION IN İKİZKÖY

‘Trees would have been cut down if we had not been here, we won’t leave Akbelen’

The gendarmerie have dragged the citizens out of the Akbelen forest in fire-hit Muğla while they were on vigil against the efforts of LİMAK Holding to extend the mine for coal supply to a thermal power plant. Villagers and environmentalists are still resisting.

10 August 2021 Nurşen Çinkaya

Air pollution caused 5 thousand premature deaths in Turkey in 2019

FEBRUARY 4 WORLD CANCER DAY

Air pollution caused 5 thousand premature deaths in Turkey in 2019

According to the Chronic Coal Pollution Turkey report of Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), the annual health cost of coal power generation in Turkey is 53.6 billion lira.

4 February 2021

‘75% of Energy Companies Worried About Coal’

‘75% of Energy Companies Worried About Coal’

75% of 70 energy companies are worried about coal, 71.4% are worried about natural gas investments, according to a report by TEPAV. The companies think they might face financial difficulties. 53% of them are more optimistic for the future about renewable energy financing.

30 September 2016 Nilay Vardar

Increased Gas Prises: Consumers Revert to Coal

Gas heating bills have increased dramatically this year. People complain of having to turn down the heating. Many are returning to coal stoves.

20 January 2009