title: Soma A power station
text: # Soma A power station
  
  Soma A power station (formerly Soma power station) is a 44 MW coal-fired power station in Soma, Manisa in western Turkey. The station closed in 2010 but was reopened in 2012 for research and development by the state owned Electricity Generation Company. It has not yet been permanently closed despite pollution complaints.
  
  ## Coal
  
  The power station burns lignite from the nearby Soma coal mine.
  
  