Road traffic is a major consumer of energy in Turkey, and that the state has sought to benefit from

Turkey's strong economic growth in recent years has led to concern that the country's energy generation adequacy. In addition to China, energy consumption in Turkey has increased the most in the world, and this trend is expected to continue, as at present energy consumption per capita in Turkey is only a third of the European average. In 2020, Turkey's total energy consumption is estimated to be 220 million boe.
Currently, Turkey has to import most of its energy esa claim sources esa claim such as oil and natural gas from abroad. Turkish electricity used by up to 45 percent of the natural gas produced esa claim by power plants. This is one of the most important reasons for Turkey's current account deficit.
Turkey has sought to promote the domestic use of renewable energy. Hydro power is already widely used in the country, especially in south-eastern Turkey where the so-called. the so-called. South-East Anatolia Project extensive esa claim network of power plants esa claim is slowly nearing completion. Hydro power plant provides 23 percent of Turkey's electricity. Turkey's geothermal energy esa claim production potential are the third largest in Europe. Also, wind power and solar energy has great potential in the country, which I have already written in the past. By 2020, renewable energy should respond to up to 30 per cent of Turkey's energy production. At the time, the Turkish wind turbines should produce 20,000 megawatts of solar power plants and 3,000 MW of electricity.
However, the growth in energy consumption in the country is such that Turkey can not be neglected in the normal development of all energy sources. Despite the Turkish industry and the growth in energy consumption in the country is not yet a single nuclear power plants operating: the country's first nuclear power plant should be operational in 2019, Russian esa claim Rosatom to build it is currently Turkey's southern coast near the town of Mersin. It is likely esa claim that the next few years will be agreed at least two other nuclear power plant construction in Turkey. By 2020, nuclear power is expected to produce about 5 percent esa claim of Turkey's electricity.
Turkey's own oil and gas reserves esa claim have not yet been able to capitalize on, so the Turkish oil companies are also active abroad for new sources of energy behind. Turkish GENEL Energy has for years been drilled oil in northern Iraq, and it also has a concession for oil exploration in Malta and Côte d'Ivoire. Recently GENEL Energy acquired the license the exploitation of oil resources in the so-called. Somaliland, which declared its independence in 1991, Somalia's part, which admittedly is not recognized internationally.
Turkey has calculated esa claim the required at least 150 billion dollars worth of investment in energy generation and transmission networks over the next 15 years. esa claim Turkey's energy privatization aims to bring the end of the year 2013, when the distribution would be shifted to private esa claim käsiin.Tämä hope to boost investment in the sector. The so-called. Intelligent electric networks that improve the efficiency of energy use, as well as the transfer, are only now coming to Turkey. In addition to energy production in Turkey is just as much to invest in energy-saving technologies.
Turkey, however, remains the administrative and fiscal barriers, as well as renewable energy projects and energy conservation. For example, wind power plants in Turkey is obtained from the safety license. Wind turbine esa claim rotating esa claim blades can cause interference esa claim with the so-called. Doppler effect-based radars in operation, which are widely used in mm. air control. For example, the boundary esa claim surface of the heart of the wind turbine may create a zone in which the moving planes are not in the standard Doppler radar can detect. esa claim Thus, guests aircraft could penetrate the air space undetected. Similarly, air traffic control systems may temporarily lose connection to machines that fly above the wind farms. In most other countries, aerospace and security authorities are requested statements, or they may raise objections regarding the wind turbine projects, but only because of the negative attitude towards the parties can not prevent the realization of such projects. However, this coat is possible.
Earlier this year, which came into effect act also requires the government to support applying for solar power plants, "solar intensity" (solar intensity) measurement. In Turkey, there are currently companies, who could make such measurements. So they have to be ordered from abroad, and their cost is then at least $ 10,000.
Road traffic is a major consumer of energy in Turkey, and that the state has sought to benefit from fuel taxes. Turkey is the fuel taxes, thanks to the world's second most expensive in Norway, immediately esa claim after (although the Turks average national income is only about a fifth of the Norwegian equivalent). Taxation is not intended, esa claim however, should not only be collecting money for the state coffers, but also for the economy and consumption, control of the direction viewed.
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