Published October 25,2023
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Türkiye has been a dependable accomplice to Europe within the wind power trade, EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson mentioned on Wednesday, underlining that many European companies are producing tools within the nation.
At the occasion, hosted in Brussels by European Parliament member Ryszard Czarnecki with representatives from WindEurope and the Turkish Wind Energy Association attending, Simson mentioned Türkiye has formidable plans for home wind improvement, together with offshore wind applied sciences, describing the Turkish market as necessary for EU producers.
Most of the world depends on China as a single provide supply for photo voltaic PV manufacturing, she mentioned, underlining that this was fascinating for neither Türkiye nor EU nations.
“With all this in mind, yesterday, the Commission adopted a new wind package. The package sets out six categories of action to provide relief, support, and boost the wind industry,” Simson mentioned.
Noting that almost all wind generators put in in Türkiye are produced by EU producers, she declared: “We stand ready to work with our Turkish partners to overcome existing challenges, facilitate the deployment of wind energy, and scale up manufacturing capacity, ensuring that our supply chains are well integrated and complementary.”
WIND ENERGY BOOM CRITICAL FOR EUROPE
Also attending the occasion, International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol mentioned it was time for Europe to diversify the provision chain in wind power and act with different nations, together with Türkiye, to revitalize the sector.
Birol mentioned long-term options wanted to be altered to make sure that power prices and fossil fuels like oil turn out to be outdated alternate options for power safety.
Boosting wind is of essential significance for Europe’s power safety, trade, and the local weather, Birol confused.
TÜRKİYE TO ADD 40,000 MW WIND BY 2025
For his half, Turkish Wind Energy Association President Ibrahim Erden mentioned Türkiye generated about 11% of its electrical energy from wind, including that at 12 gigawatts put in capability, it was in sixth place in Europe.
Noting that Türkiye exports 75% of the tools it produces, Erden mentioned: “We expect our wind energy installed power to reach 40,000 megawatts by 2025.”
He added that new licenses within the sector would play a task in boosting capability, whereas Türkiye additionally goals “to implement projects in offshore wind energy.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr