KÖMÜR YAKITLI AFŞİN ELBİSTAN A TERMİK SANTRALİ GENİŞLETME PROJESİNİN HALK SAĞLIĞI ETKİLERİ VE EKONOMİK MALİYETİ

The report calculates that the planned expansion of the Afşin Elbistan A Thermal Power Plant will cause significant public health damage and economic losses. In the first year of operation (2028), the project is estimated to cause 42 deaths and cost the economy 58.1 million USD. Over a 35-year operational period (2028-2063), the cumulative impact is projected to be 2,268 deaths and an economic cost of 2.6 billion USD, which the authors equate to the cost of building 29 hospitals with 500 beds each.

• In the first operational year, estimated to be 2028, the 688 MW capacity increase is projected to cause 42 deaths, 43 emergency room visits for asthma, 87 children with asthma, 27 preterm births, 15 low birth weight births, and 16,917 lost workdays.
• The estimated economic cost of air pollution from the additional capacity in the first year of operation is 58.1 million USD.
• Over a 35-year operational period from 2028 to 2063, the cumulative health impacts are estimated at 2,268 deaths, 1,714 emergency room visits for asthma, 626 new pediatric asthma cases, 2,896 asthma attacks in children, 907 preterm births, 514 low birth weight births, and 755,904 sick leave days.
• The total cumulative economic cost to the economy from 2028 to 2063 is estimated at 2.6 billion USD.
• The 2.6 billion USD economic burden is equivalent to the construction cost of 29 hospitals with 500 beds each, totaling 14,500 hospital beds.
• The study utilized the CALPUFF air dispersion model to simulate the concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) resulting from the expansion.

APA

Global Energy Monitor (2024). KÖMÜR YAKITLI AFŞİN ELBİSTAN A TERMİK SANTRALİ GENİŞLETME PROJESİNİN HALK SAĞLIĞI ETKİLERİ VE EKONOMİK MALİYETİ. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/0906AfsinElbistanA_EkonomikMaliyetRaporu_THHP_0809.2024-2-1-1_1.pdf

Chicago

Global Energy Monitor. KÖMÜR YAKITLI AFŞİN ELBİSTAN A TERMİK SANTRALİ GENİŞLETME PROJESİNİN HALK SAĞLIĞI ETKİLERİ VE EKONOMİK MALİYETİ. 2024. https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/0906AfsinElbistanA_EkonomikMaliyetRaporu_THHP_0809.2024-2-1-1_1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalenergymonitor2024kmr, author = {{Global Energy Monitor}}, title = {{KÖMÜR YAKITLI AFŞİN ELBİSTAN A TERMİK SANTRALİ GENİŞLETME PROJESİNİN HALK SAĞLIĞI ETKİLERİ VE EKONOMİK MALİYETİ}}, institution = {Global Energy Monitor}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/0906AfsinElbistanA_EkonomikMaliyetRaporu_THHP_0809.2024-2-1-1_1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }