Over the next two decades, Türkiye will be facing stark challenges. How to keep providing electricity for a growing population, while also meeting a net-zero carbon target by 2050. Already importing the vast majority of its energy needs, the country has looked for more sources closer to home. One sector Türkiye has been pushing has been wind power. And the country's energy ministry feels they have found a potentially promising site. The Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources is offering bids to companies, to study the feasibility of generating wind power in the Sea of Marmara, south of Istanbul. Energy officials say they have identified three development zones that could host the country's first offshore wind farm. Under its national energy plan, Türkiye aims to have five gigawatts of offshore wind power installed by 2035. According to the World Bank, the country's offshore wind power potential could be as high as 75 gigawatts, which if realized would make it one of the top 10 wind producers globally. GUESTS Mark Leybourne - Offshore Wind Program Lead at The World Bank Sencer Ozen - Head of Unit at IZKA
Source: TRTworld.com
