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Türkiye, the world’s fourth-largest and Europe’s leading country in geothermal energy, has the potential to become a clear global leader if it utilizes its discovered geothermal resources.
Türkiye, which can create economic value in a wide range of areas, including energy production, greenhouse farming, residential heating, thermal tourism, fruit and vegetable drying and fishing, has a geothermal consumption of 7,000 Megawatts (MW), while its discovered geothermal potential is approximately 62,000 MW, equivalent to approximately 10 times this consumption.
“ALL RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE”
Ali Kındap, Chairman of the Board of the Geothermal Energy Association (JED), commented on the sector’s development on World Geothermal Day, October 17th, stating that “there is an attempt to create a perception that Türkiye’s renewable energy resources are limited to wind and solar energy.”
Highlighting the fallacy of juxtaposing the energy sector with mining in laws and regulations, Kındap said,
“From wind to solar, geothermal to biomass, green hydrogen to wave energy, all our resources are important, valuable and not alternatives to one another.”
Kındap also emphasized that combining the mining and energy sectors, which have very different process management and disciplines, in legislation would lead to flawed results.
“WE SHOULD NOT BE STEPPED”
“Protecting our agricultural assets and ensuring that zoning, construction and operating permits comply with environmental standards are not issues anyone in the energy sector would object to. Therefore, we consider it unfair that issues that solely concern the mining sector and are likely to spark public debate and division are also presented as problems for the energy sector,” Kındap noted.
Underlining that the geothermal energy sector has conveyed its institutional views on this matter to public bureaucracy at all levels, he concluded,
“As sector representatives, we express our discomfort with regulations that treat geothermal as a stepchild. Our geothermal energy sector, which has the highest baseload among renewable energy sources with a capacity factor of over 80 percent, continues its operations in compliance with and respect for all of our country’s environmental standards, creating value for our economy. Currently, we have all the infrastructure and human resources to boost our installed capacity, which stands at 1,735 MW, to 5,000 MW and beyond within a few years with new investments.”
