Unlike some of its neighbours, Turkey is not rich in terms of
oil and gas resources. Therefore, Turkey has to import much of the
oil and gas it needs. However, importing oil and gas creates a
number of difficulties for Turkey. Firstly, it is a significant
burden on economy. Secondly, it may create dependency on foreign
energy resources. Thirdly, the specifics of the supplier country
(e.g. a drastic increase in its own energy needs of the supplier
country) or the political tensions may affect the supply. To
overcome or at least to minimize these difficulties, Turkey can
better use its own energy resources and therefore diversify supply
resources.
Despite its limited oil and gas resources, Turkey is extremely
rich in terms of diverse renewable energy resources including wind,
hydro, solar, geothermal and biomass. However, Turkey has not been
able to maximize its use of these natural resources so far.
Turkey's total installed electricity capacity is around
45,000MW1 wher
