Yet another renewable energy projects auction, this time in Turkey,
has attracted an overwhelming response from project developers. Turkey, an emerging renewable energy market, had invited bids to auction
pre-licensed wind energy projects of cumulative capacity worth 3 GW.
Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority announced earlier this month
that it received applications from prospective developers to set up
over 42 GW of wind energy capacity, nearly 14 times the available limit.
Applications were submitted by the developers between 24 and 30
April, and developers looked keen to set up most of the projects in
three provinces. Specifically, most applicants are interested in setting
up projects in the western province of Çanakkale which is located at
the Aegean Sea coast, making it, understandably, the first choice of
project developers to set up wind power plants. 115 applications
representing 5.5 GW capacity were received for the province, with an
average project size of almost 50 MW. Developers also proposed to add
4.5 GW capacity in the western province of Balıkesir and 5 GW in the
southern province of Karaman-Mersin. Both the provinces are land-locked
but near to the coast and may offer significant wind energy potential.
This highly encouraging response to the wind energy tender will help
the Turkish government to achieve its goal of setting up 20 GW wind
energy capacity by 2023. Turkey has also set a target
to procure 30% of all its electricity needs from renewable energy
sources by 2023. The Turkish government is also looking to promoting
other renewable energy technologies with target to set up 34 GW hydro
power, 5 GW solar power, 1 GW geothermal power, and 1 GW biomass-based
power capacity by 2023.
http://cleantechnica.com/2015/05/12/turkey-gets-blockbuster-response-wind-energy-projects-auction/
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