Turkey
Turkish renewables sector calls for support
04/04 | Turkey should increase feed-in tariffs to improve the competitiveness of renewable energy investments according to top sector professionals. “The government should abandon the current feed-in tariffs for renewable energy producers,” said Kor Özay, assistant general manager of Ağaoğlu Energy, speaking at the third annual Wind & Solar in Turkey Conference in Istanbul. ...
Turkey’s Energy and Environment Program Attracts Further World Bank Support
02/04 | The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a Third Environmental Sustainability and Energy Sector Development Policy Loan for Turkey in the amount of Euro 455.4 million (US$600 million equivalent). Grounded in the development goals articulated in Turkey’s Ninth Development Plan, the ESES DPL3 aims to help: enhance energy security ...
Turkey: More energy investments required
28/03 | Turkey needs to make a further $210-250 billion investment in electricity production, according to the head of the National Energy Market Regulator (EPDK) Hasan Köktaş yesterday at The Changing World and Developing Energy Market of Turkey conference in Istanbul. Köktaş said that in the best case scenario, Turkey would need ...
Turkey plans tax boost for energy efficiency vehicles
26/03 | Turkey plans to cut tax on relatively energy efficient cars, while increasing the tax on older, less efficient vehicles according to a report in Vatan Newspaper citing the Minister for Energy Taner Yildiz. The new regime is likely to be introduced within two years and tax on diesel vehicles will ...
793 power plants under construction across Turkey
21/03 | According to figures from the Energy Market Regulation Board (EPDK), 94 thermic power plants, 543 hydraulic power plants and 156 renewable energy power plants are being constructed in Turkey. Installed power of these plants now reaches 40,000 megawatts. When their construction is complete, Turkey's installed power, which is currently 53,560 ...
