Caspian Report - Issue: 08 - Fall 2014

The Strategy Paper has established
specific targets for each single renewable
source by 2023. The Paper
states that the share of all renewable
energy sources within total power
generation shall be increased to 30
per cent by 2023. Under this framework,
each source should meet a
series of criteria by this date, as follows.
For hydropower, all technical
and economic potential whose total
installed capacity is currently equal
to 36.000 MW shall be utilised. For
wind energy, installed capacity will
be increased up to 20.000 MW; as
for geothermal, its entire capacity,
estimated at 600 MW, will be utilised.
For solar, technological development
is the focus – the technology
needed for electricity generation
from solar sources shall be obtained
by 2023. Finally for biomass, the paper
emphasises the necessary legislative
and technological changes in
order to enable power generation.
The same goals were also repeated
by the ‘Strategic Plan for 2010-2014’
issued by the Ministry of Energy in
2010, namely that that Turkey shall
generate 30 per cent of its electricity
from renewable resources by 2023
(Energy Ministry 2010). For solar
energy, the Ministry of Energy set
a new goal in 2012, stating that the
installed capacity for solar energy
should reach 3000 MW by 2023 (Energy
Ministry 2012). To sum up, Turkey
intends to raise the total share
of its renewable energy resources to
30 per cent of its total power generation
by 2023, by improving the installed
capacities for each source as
follows: for hydropower by 36.000
MW; for wind by 20.000 MW; for solar
by 3.000 MW; for geothermal by
600 MW.
In addition to these legislative developments,
Turkey established a new
General-Directorate for Renewable
Energy (YEGM) in November 2011.
Its task has been to monitor the
use of renewables across the country,
disseminate policy and practical
implications of these sources
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