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ARTICLE · 30 APRIL 2009

Generating Electricity From Renewable Energy Resources Under Turkish Law

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Turkey has recently begun to take actions to encourage and increase the production of electricity through the use of renewable energy resources. For this purpose, the Law on Utilization of Renewable Energy Resources for the Purpose of Generating Electrical Energy was enacted.

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After the oil crisis in 1973, greater interest was directed towards renewable energy resources. At that time, the aim was to focus on alternative energy resources in order to be less dependent on oil as an energy resource. After it has been proved that the burning of fossil fuels has a negative impact on climate change, the importance of renewable energy resources has been widely recognized throughout the world with an effort to prevent the undesirable effects of pollution both from burning fossil fuels and from nuclear waste products. The industrialized countries have been making plans and implementing projects to support and increase the use of renewable energy resources for a considerable time. Governments all over the world have been carrying out different support programs to ensure the increase in the electricity production from renewable energy resources and to develop and maintain investors' confidence in this area, by providing investors engaged in the

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