Turkey won’t increase the prices it guarantees to buy alternative energy in draft legislation that’s before parliament, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said.
The renewable energy law’s progress through the assembly has been delayed until after a week-long religious holiday next week, and the postponement doesn’t mean there will be a revision, Yıldız said Tuesday in comments confirmed Wednesday by his staff.
The draft guarantees a price of 5.5 euro cents (7 U.S. cents) per kilowatt-hour for wind and hydroelectric power and 10 cents for solar energy, the minister said. Companies are already investing in wind power at those levels and they are “investable figures,” he said in Ankara.
Turkey is seeking to reduce its dependence on imported gas from Russia and Iran by encouraging alternative energy production. Excluding energy, the country’s current-account last year produced a surplus of 0.5 percent of gross domestic product, or GDP, according to the Treasury. Including energy, the deficit was 2.3 percent of GDP.
Potential investors are lobbying lawmakers for prices of 7 cents for wind energy and 20 cents for solar.
Solar energy is a developing technology and the price Turkey’s setting marks a “starting point” and could be revised as the industry develops, Yıldız said.
Reference: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=minister-renewables-delay-won8217t-change-pricing-2010-11-10
The renewable energy law’s progress through the assembly has been delayed until after a week-long religious holiday next week, and the postponement doesn’t mean there will be a revision, Yıldız said Tuesday in comments confirmed Wednesday by his staff.
The draft guarantees a price of 5.5 euro cents (7 U.S. cents) per kilowatt-hour for wind and hydroelectric power and 10 cents for solar energy, the minister said. Companies are already investing in wind power at those levels and they are “investable figures,” he said in Ankara.
Turkey is seeking to reduce its dependence on imported gas from Russia and Iran by encouraging alternative energy production. Excluding energy, the country’s current-account last year produced a surplus of 0.5 percent of gross domestic product, or GDP, according to the Treasury. Including energy, the deficit was 2.3 percent of GDP.
Potential investors are lobbying lawmakers for prices of 7 cents for wind energy and 20 cents for solar.
Solar energy is a developing technology and the price Turkey’s setting marks a “starting point” and could be revised as the industry develops, Yıldız said.
Reference: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=minister-renewables-delay-won8217t-change-pricing-2010-11-10
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