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Turkey started operations for shale gas extraction
Turkey has started hydraulic fracturing operations to extract shale gas in the Thracian and southeastern Anatolian regions. Turkey is aiming to expand the employ of horizontal drilling to exploit the estimated 163 trillion cubic feet of reserves that have been detected in the country.
read more... 26/09/2013
Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Europe boost by 29% in July
The Russian gas giant Gazprom boosted its gas exports to European Union and Turkey in July, an increase of 29% to 14.04 billion cubic metres (bcm) compared to the same period a year ago.
read more... 05/08/2013
Turkey is heavily investing in nuclear power
While many EU countries are intensively investing in renewables , Turkey is envisaging the construction of three new nuclear power plants. Turkey is currently looking at nuclear power as it aims to reduce its dependence on imported energy.
read more... 22/05/2013
Turkey to start construction of its first nuclear power plant in 2014
Stating to the Director General of Akkuyu NGS A.S. Alexander Superfin, the construction of the first nuclear power plant Akkuyu in Turkey will start in early 2014. The preparation of an ecological report on the project’s impact on the environment will be completed in May 2013.
read more... 18/02/2013
EWEA: Eastern Europe could power 9 million homes by the end of this decade
The European Wind Energy Association has launched a new report at Europe’s premier wind energy event held in Vienna- EWEA 2013 which studies the emerging wind power markets in Central and Eastern European countries, and other countries like Turkey, Ukraine and Russia.
read more... 06/02/2013