| Title | New Developments and Investment Opportunities of Geothermal Sources in Turkey |
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| Authors | Hayrullah Dagýstan |
| Year | 2009 |
| Conference | GeoFund Workshop |
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| Abstract | First geothermal exploration and investigations in Türkiye were initiated by MTA in 1962. Up to now, 470 wells, having a total depth of 212250 m, have been drilled, and 187 geothermal fields have been discovered by MTA. The geothermal potential of Türkiye is estimated (theoretically) as 31,500 Mwt. The total proven geothermal capacity of the wells together with the springs is 4078 Mwt, of which 1342 Mwt is directly used. Currently, there are 3 geothermal power plants in operation, namely, Kýzýldere G.P, Salavatlý GP and Bereket Energy- Sarayköy, with installed capacities of 15, 7.4 and 5 Mwe, respectively. In addition, in Aydýn- Germencik field, a 47.4 Mwe installed capacity PV is under construction and is planned to be operated in February 2009. Since 2005, exploration and research activities of MTA have increased by multiple times. The geothermal heat capacity increased about 23% from 3293 in 2005 to 4078 Mwt in 2008. 17 new geothermal fields were discovered by MTA, 5 of them are suitable for electricity production. In Türkiye, new legislative regulations, such as The Renewable Energy Law (RES) and the Law on Geothermal resources, were enacted in the recent years. The year 2013 goals for different types of geothermal utilizations of Türkiye have been specified separately. The required investments for fulfilling the Turkish year 2013 development plan in Geothermal electricity production, heating, greenhouse heating and thermal tourism application is about 2.5 billion USD. |