The project could have severe impacts:

• on the region’s drinking water reservoir, Yenice-Gönen streamlet, only 2 kilometers away from the project area;
• on 28,606 ares of arable land on which more than 10,000 people are dependent;
• on eco-tourism, as the area hosts thousands of local and international tourists every year visiting Mount Ida national park, which is known for its oxygen sources and biodiversity.

Health and pollution impacts:

• As the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment acknowledges, the lignite to be extracted and used for the power plant is quite low-rank (1,080 calories) with a high level of ash (53%). As lignite has a much lower energy potential than hard coal, three times more lignite is needed to be combusted for the same amount of electricty production. For this reason, more pollutants get emmited by a lignite power plant than a hard coal plant. Turkish lignite has low caloric value and high levels of ash, humidity and sulphur; thus, it causes more air pollution;
• Moreover, recent studies clearly demonstrate that the cumulative impact of planned coal power plants in the Çanakkale region may cause asthma for 4,440 children and 36,000 adults.

In 2010 19 coal-fired power plants were in operation in Turkey responsible for more than a fifth of Turkey's CO2 emissions. The Canakkale region in Turkey is one of the main hotspots for new coal-fired power plant developments in Turkey, with 13 projects with a total capacity of 15,000MW now proposed. This specific plant would emit three million tonnes of CO2 per year. Having more than 70 new coal power plants by 2023 in total in Turkey, as is new planned, would add 200 million tons of CO2 emissions, on top of 68.7 million tons in 2012, which would make Turkey one of the world’s major emitters and a ticking climate bomb right next to the EU.

The levels of toxic particles and NO2 in the air over the entire Canakkale region and beyond would increase the risk of diseases such as stroke, lung cancer, heart and respiratory diseases in adults, as well as respiratory symptoms in children. This leads to premature deaths from these causes. SO2, NOx and dust emissions contribute to toxic particle exposure.

The project also risks the pristine environment of Mount Ida and its vast biodiversity. In 2015, local authorities in the area submitted an application to include the mountain in UNESCO's World Heritage list.