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Türkiye, which is the first country in Europe and the fourth country in the world in geothermal resource potential, wants to benefit more from this completely domestic and renewable resource.
17 October World Geothermal Day, Ali Kındap, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Geothermal Energy Association (JED), pointed out that Türkiye’s geothermal potential is 62 thousand Megawatts (MW), the discovery of which has been completed as of today and has been included in official documents, and said, “Despite this huge potential, we have only 7 thousand MW of use in the fields of electrical energy, greenhouse applications, residential heating and thermal tourism. This level corresponds to approximately 11 percent of our potential. As the Turkish geothermal energy sector, we are working for our country to benefit much more from this infinite asset and create value.”
GEOTHERMAL HOLDS THE KEY TO THE ‘2053 NET ZERO’ VISION…
Kındap reminded that Anatolia is a geography that has been integrated with geothermal richness for thousands of years and has settled in places where geothermal resources are located and stated that geothermal has an important place among the most basic energy sources that will contribute to the realisation of the country’s ‘2053 Net Zero’ vision.
JED President Ali Kındap, who informed that Türkiye has the highest level of technology among geothermal applications in the world, made the following assessment:
“In a few years, we can ramp up our geothermal-based electrical energy installed capacity, which is currently at the level of 1691 MW, to 5 thousand MW, our geothermal greenhouse area, which is at the level of 6 thousand 600 decares, to 100 thousand MW, our geothermal heating, which is at the level of 155 thousand houses, to 1.5 million houses and our thermal bed capacity, which is at the level of 65 thousand beds, to 500 thousand beds. All of these targets have a scientific basis and resource adequacy. Geothermal is the white gold of Anatolian geography. This geography has over 1,500 natural geothermal resource exit points.”
“OIZ SHOULD BE INTEGRATED WITH GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES“
Higlighting that geothermal has significant differences compared to other renewable resources with its ability to create value in many different areas of use, Kındap emphasised that geothermal resources play a vital role in the country’s cheap, healthy and accessible food production.
Noting that they support the decision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to establish 61 Organised Agricultural Zones (OIZ) in 42 provinces across Türkiye, Kındap said that it is of great importance that these zones are integrated with geothermal resources.
“While the population working in agriculture in our country is declining and falling below 500 thousand, energy costs have a very important place in production costs. Today, it is possible to produce all kinds of agricultural products in geothermal greenhouses and deliver them to the end consumer under the most favourable conditions. Agricultural production and exports of our country, which has the most fertile soils and climate of the world, are far below its potential,” Kındap added.
“The key to making this potential visible is in our geothermal resources. Tomatoes can be produced at minus 35 degrees Celsius in Kozaklı district of Nevşehir, Sandıklı district of Afyon, and Diyadin district of Ağrı with an altitude of 1925 metres and this production has a more competitive price than tomatoes produced in Antalya. The level of productivity and yield in these examples is at a level that can easily compete with the countries that have a say in the world,” Kındap concluded…
