Revisiting An Unfinished Energy Project From The 1980s – OpEd

In the late 1980s, an ambitious energy project brought together industrial vision, international cooperation, and emerging technology. At a time when rising energy costs were putting pressure on manufacturers, a Turkish textile entrepreneur operating factories in Istanbul and Edirne explored an innovative way to remain competitive in global markets.

The idea was to build a power plant that could generate both electricity and steam using locally sourced coal from the Saray region of Thrace.