ERKAN BAYKUŞ

EY Turkey Energy Industry Leader

“In parallel with the global development in the field of renewable energy, a similar development is taking place in our country, but we are still in the process of transformation. Turkey, which was ranked 17th in the previous index, was 18th in the overall ranking, falling one step ahead of Italy, with Egypt’s wind energy spurt and Spain’s introduction of tax incentives. However, we can see the transformation we are experiencing more clearly when we look at the power table of renewable sources. When we examine the table of development of the share of renewable-derived installed power in the total installed power of Turkey between 2000 and 2017, we see that the installed power of our country was around 27,000 MW in 2000 and the share of the total installed power of edible energy in the total installed power of Turkey was approximately 41%. There is a significant jump in installed power caused mainly by wind, solar and geothermal.”