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Turkey – Energy Country Profile

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South-eastern Europe will have a common organisation to coordinate cross-border power capacities in July 2014.

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The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey, through the General Directorate of Mining Affairs, has granted Anatolia Energy (Australia)…

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METKA has completed the construction of the OMV Samsun 870 MW combined cycle power plant project in Turkey.

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Voith has received a major order for equipping the new hydropower plant Upper Kaleköy in Turkey. The company will be delivering three Francis turbines…

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Alstom has signed three major contracts for Alpaslan II (292 MW), Upper Kaleköy (636 MW) and Tepekışla (72 MW) hydro power plant projects, totalling…

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A consortium developing a huge new gas field in Azerbaijan has decided not to use the planned Nabucco pipeline for transports to Europe. It has opted…

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Gazprom is seeking to raise its stake in ArmRosgazprom, the national gas company in Armenia, from 80% to 100%.

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Turkey plans to invest US$5bn in the development of a 3,500 MW thermal power plant in the western province of Afyon, which holds 950 Mt of lignite.

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Turkey has committed to a target that 30% of its total energy come from renewable sources by 2023. Two key documents – the Electricity Market and…

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Kazanci Holding, a Turkish industrial conglomerate, has appointed Merrill Lynch to sell a 16.3% take in Aksa Enerji to international investors.

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