Renewable Energy

Geothermal Power Plants Investors’ Association (JESDER) Chairman Ufuk Şentürk said that they aimed to increase the geothermal based agricultural production five-fold over the next 5 years in Turkey. Stating that geothermal agriculture is the subject of secondary investment after electricity generation, JESDER Chairman Ufuk Şentürk said, “Site allocation studies have …

Southeastern Turkey’s Çetin Dam, the country’s and Europe’s largest roller-compacted concrete dam, has begun production. The dam is set to contribute TL 500 million ($73.8M) annually to the national economy. In a written statement Wednesday, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said the Çetin Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant, which …

In the provinces where hazelnuts are produced in the Eastern Black Sea Region, the button was pressed for the production of coal from hazelnut shells used as local fuel. Mayor of Ordu Metropolitan Municipality Mehmet Hilmi Güler started feasibility studies for the production of activated carbon from coal. Güler instructed …