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Turkish aims to produce more wind power by 2023

Friday, 14 Feb 2014

According to Mr Mustafa Serdar Ataseven, Chairman of the Turkish Wind Energy Association in Ankara, Turkey is aiming to supply 20% of its total energy demand from wind energy by 2023.

He said that "We aim to reach 20000 MWs installed capacity in wind power by 2023.”

He said that Turkey broke its record by building wind farms wıth a capacity of 700 MW per year in 2013, overall producing a total of 3000 MWs installed capacity in wind power so far.

Touching upon 2014 targets about the wind sector, Mr Ataseven said that Turkey would increase to an annual capacity of around 800 to 1000 MWs, to reach a total of nearly 4000 MWs at the end of the year.

It is expected that USD 1.2 billion will be invested into the wind sector this year and wind energy investments will be intensified in the Aegean Region of Turkey.

Sizable investments will also be made in the Izmir, Mugla, Manisa and Afyon provinces in 2014.....