Turkey plans to expand renewable energy but sticks to coal, nuclear - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mustafa Sonmez

Mustafa Sonmez

Feb 2, 2023

Coal miners move a wagon of coal at a small coal mine on Dec. 9, 2021, in Zonguldak, Turkey. — Coal miners move a wagon of coal at a small coal mine on Dec. 9, 2021, in Zonguldak, Turkey. — Chris McGrath/Getty Images

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Employees install new solar panels at the Kalyon Energy's Karapinar Solar Power Plant, Karapinar, Turkey, Dec. 2, 2021.

Turkey balks at coal phaseout amid growing energy woes

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Turkey doubles down on coal despite European efforts to decarbonize

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

A view of the construction site of Turkey's first nuclear power plant 'Akkuyu', pictured during the opening ceremony in the Mediterranean Mersin region on April 3, 2018.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin launched the construction of the $20 billion dollar Akkuyu nuclear power plant though a video link from Ankara where Putin is on an official visit. / AFP PHOTO / DOGAN NEWS AGENCY / IBRAHIM MESE / Turkey OUT (Photo credit should read IBRAHIM MESE/AFP via G

Critics say Turkey’s unfinished nuclear plant already redundant

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

A general view of Ambarli gas-fired power station in Istanbul January 8, 2009. Production at three Turkish power stations has been halted as a Russia-Ukraine gas row had led to a shortage of gas supplies to Turkey, an Energy Ministry source told Reuters on Thursday, but this would not create a power supply problem, he said. On Tuesday Russian gas supplies coming via Ukraine to Turkey were completely cut, although some supplies are still coming via a pipeline which passes directly from Russia under the Black

Turkey’s energy miscalculations have hefty cost

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics