Turkish minister sees no obstacle to green EMRA projects

ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency

There is no obstacle before the Energy Market Regulatory Authority, or EMRA, in licensing the renewable energy projects, according to Energy Minister Taner Yıldız, who gave a speech at the International Energy Conference in Ankara Thursday.

EMRA presented a portfolio of 1698 renewable energy projects capable in total of 31.555 MW-power-generation to the Turkish Electricity Transmission Company, or TEİAŞ and to General Directorate of Electrical Power Resources Survey and Development Administration or, EİE.

Taner Yıldız focused on ongoing renewable energy projects in his speech underlining that the ministry attached paramount importance to green energy.

“Some 27 percent of all the 207 billion KW per hour electricity consumed by Turkey comes from national and renewable energy resources,” he said, mostly referring to hydropower. He also said that the rate should be 30 percent in order to catch up with Turkey’s rapid growth.

The minister also said that in the following weeks the parliament was to take the renewable energy law discussions to its agenda and the draft was to be given the final form as quickly as possible.