page_title: Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey
section_title: Gas fired power stations
hierarchical_section_title: Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey / Greenhouse gas sources / Burning fossil fuels for heat and power / Power stations / Gas fired power stations
caption_attribution_description: Türkçe: Taşkısığı Köyü ve Enkapower Adapazarı-Gebze Kombine Çevrim Santralleri
context_page_description: Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey are the release of greenhouse gasses; such as carbon dioxide, methane, and hydrofluorocarbons; to the atmosphere by Turkey. Turkey's human contributions to emissions can be segmented by sector, such as looking specifically at Turkey's power stations or transport. In addition, the natural and agricultural landscape of Turkey affect national greenhouse gas emissions, with methane and N₂O from agriculture more than offset by carbon dioxide taken up by forests, thus slightly reducing Turkey's overall emissions. The main determinant of emissions is national government through policy on energy, construction, transport and agriculture. Turkey's media, academics, non-governmental organizations and individuals comment on Turkey's policies and levels of emissions.
  Coal, cars, cows, and construction accounted for about half Turkey's 2018 greenhouse gas emissions, but almost a fifth was absorbed by trees. Turkey emitted about 520 million tons of CO₂eq in 2018. Around 100 Mt was reabsorbed by land use, land-use change, and forestry, mostly by forests.
context_section_description: Gas fired power stations in Turkey emitted 37 Mt CO2eq in 2018 but it was difficult for them to compete with coal, due to the lack of a carbon tax. The spark spread for 55% efficient gas-fired plants was around $7/MWh as of mid-2020. As of 2020 some power utilities, including eight gas-fired plants, were struggling to repay their foreign currency debts due to depreciation of the lira, and because long term BOTAS gas purchase contracts had not yet expired. Offtake guarantees (a type of subsidy received by some gas-fired plants) end in 2020.
caption: Taşkısığı Köyü gas-fired power station: natural gas is cleaner than coal but costs money to import and also emits greenhouse gases
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