"You can imagine that we are not having a great time with it at the moment," Markus Krebber told journalists after releasing nine-month results, but added that the group was not actively pursuing a sale at the moment.

RWE owns 70% in RWE & Turcas Guney Elektrik Uretim A.S., a joint venture with Turcas Petrol that owns the plant. Turcas owns the remaining 30%.

(Reporting by Christoph Steitz and Vera Eckert, editing by Riham Alkousaa)