World Potential (TURKEY)

Future outlook
According to the result of the Long Term Generation Expansion Plan study of 1994 carried out by TEAS, the first priority is the development of Turkey's domestic renewable resources, such as hydropower, maintaining the least cost solution during 1997 to 2020. Considering an demand increase in electricity demand of 8 to 10 per cent/year, demand is forecast to increase to 347 GWh in 2010 and to 623 800 GWh in 2020. The country's installed capacity must be expanded rapidly to meet these requirements.

It will be difficult to meet the high investment costs for new hydro projects, especially or those with large dams, form Government sources will be important, in parallel with the programme of Liberalization implement by the Government, and to facilitate investment in the most important sectors, a new financial model is being introduced for the privatization of the electricity sector.

A BOT model is being developed for the construction of large scale projects with the participation of the private sector, allowing for local and foreign private enterprise to take part in the power sector. The relevant law is No. 3096.

In addition to those hydro plants being implement by DSI and those to be carried out within the framework of the BOT model, some large-scale hydro projects will be carried out with foreign partners under turnkey processes. Bilaterial co-operation between Turkish and some foreign governments has high-lighted some projects for turnkey implementation.

Water Resources Turkey
Energy and power sectors
Hydropower development
Future outlook