TR Renewable energy, investment, potential

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Been 3 years since Ministry of Energy (Albayrak then) has initiated Maritime based Wind energy installment, nothing has been done so far, neither the feasibility or field measurements to decide locations.
 

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Turkey has 70 GW of offshore wind power potential​


Based on this report from the world bank: http://documents1.worldbank.org/cur...panding-Offshore-Wind-To-Emerging-Markets.pdf

and a nice map showing the potential in the region:


 

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We still have not announced any zero emission goals and the EU Green Deal is the perfect timing to do so and join the drive.

1. It will influence our exports, they will start taxing carbon.
2. its cheap funding for green projects from the EU, afaik Vakif Bank already took a 700m € syndicated loan from the new funds.
 

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I know our government has established several economic free zones, but I don't know if it involves production, or just trade. Because as I see it we need to create production jobs in Turkey, so the economic free zones should primarily be aimed at production. We already have habors for export and if the scale of trade increases these harbors can be expanded.
 

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The Geopolitics of Renewable Hydrogen in Low-Carbon Energy Markets
Belfer Center report ranks Turkey in the resource-rich infrastructure in high potential group.
 

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LEAKED: EU’s trans-European energy infrastructure plan update​


The European Commission will unveil plans on Tuesday (15 December) to finance cross-border energy infrastructure, as pressure builds on the EU executive to provide funding only to clean energy projects that will accelerate the transition to climate neutrality.

The planned update to the EU’s regulation on trans-European networks for energy (TEN-E) for the first time excludes oil and gas pipelines from receiving EU funding while opening the possibility to finance new hydrogen infrastructure, according to a leaked draft.

“Energy infrastructure is a key enabler for the energy transition,” the Commission says in the draft, highlighting that the European Green Deal is “the top political priority” of the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen.

The key objective of the updated regulation is to put Europe on a path to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the EU’s main environmental goal and the bloc’s declared “new growth strategy”.

To do this, “the Union will have to significantly scale up renewable electricity generation to reach a share of more than 80% of electricity production from renewable energy sources” by mid-century, the draft says.

“An estimated annual average investment of €50.5 billion for electricity transmission and distribution grids is required for achieving the 2030 targets alone,” it adds.

To complement the rise of electricity, the EU also plans “a relative increase in the role of renewable and low-carbon gases in the decarbonised energy mix,” the Commission says.

Hydrogen, a clean-burning gas currently made almost entirely from fossil fuels, is expected to account for approximately 46%-49% of all renewable and low-carbon gases in 2050, assuming electrolysers are put in place to generate clean hydrogen, the Commission says.

“By 2030, total investments needs in hydrogen electrolysers are estimated between €24-42 billion,” the Commission says. And “about €65 billion will be needed for hydrogen transport, distribution and storage,” the text adds.

For environmentalists and renewable energy supporters, this sets off alarm bells.

“Hydrogen may seem clean and futuristic, but 99% of hydrogen in Europe today is made by fossil fuel companies splitting gas and releasing carbon, worsening global warming,” said Tara Connolly, energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe.

“Instead of asking what hydrogen can do for Europe’s gas industry, the EU should be asking what hydrogen can really do for Europe’s energy transition,” she said.

The draft proposal does mention a sustainability criteria for hydrogen production but it is not mandatory for all energy infrastructures, critics say.

For instance, “there could be funding for reception, storage and regasification or decompression facilities that allows ‘the injection of hydrogen in the grid’,” says SolarPower Europe, a trade association.

While the revised TEN-E regulation eliminates oil and gas infrastructure from possible Projects of Common Interest eligible for EU funding, it also creates a new “smart grids” category, which includes gas networks that makes use of digital solutions to integrate low-carbon and renewable gases.

According to SolarPower Europe, this is “a backdoor to further funding for gas grids and hydrogen from non-renewable sources.”
 

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So how large is the energy-saving opportunity in Turkey? A recent study by the SHURA Energy Transition Center shows there is an additional 10% cost-effective electricity saving potential across the economy, compared to a baseline that follows the Turkish government’s demand projections for 2030.


The absolute savings amount to nearly 49 terawatt-hours of annual electricity demand. This equals the current electricity consumption of 90% of the country’s households – that is, the usage of 18 million families.


The estimated savings are shared across two main end-use sectors: the manufacturing industry accounts for 45% and buildings represent 32%. The remaining 23% comes from other sources, such as reducing losses in the distribution system.

 

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In his speech at the "Solar Summit" program organized by the Solar Energy Industrialists and Industry Association, Fatih Dönmez, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, said "98 percent of the installed power of approximately 4 thousand 900 megawatts that we put into operation last year was renewable resources." said.

Minister Dönmez, "The installed power in renewable energy has increased to 49 thousand 550 megawatts. The share of renewable in the total installed power has increased to 51.7 percent." he spoke.

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TÜBİTAK has successfully completed the MİLGES project, a photovoltaic (PV) based solar power plant. Şanlıurfa Ceylanpınar TİGEM has successfully commissioned a 6 MW capacity Solar Power Plant (SPP). TÜBİTAK has started the project of transferring a different type of 1 MW central inverter developed within the scope of MİLGES to abroad with technology transfer.
 

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Key recommendations​


  • Gradually phase down power market support mechanisms such as subsidisation and the obligated procurement by EÜAȘ of a significant share of electricity generation to keep system costs down.
  • Significantly strengthen incentives, market mechanisms and access to finance for energy efficiency projects, especially in the industrial and buildings sectors.
  • Develop a cross-governmental road map to reduce oil consumption by strengthening demand-reduction and fuel switching policies in the transport sector, including the promotion of electric vehicles.
  • Reduce the dominant position of BOTAŞ and foster increased competition in the Turkish gas market.
  • Define long-term targets for the development of renewable energies that take into account the maximum potential per technology.
  • Define mid- and long-term emissions reduction and local air pollution targets to help guide sustainable energy policy making, including a plan for peaking of emissions.

 

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