Nuclear energy plans progress in Turkey
[Turkish Daily News, 20 March; Journal of Turkish Weekly, 22 March] A bill allowing and regulating the construction and operation of nuclear power plants in Turkey has been accepted in principal by the country's Energy Commission. According to Hilmi Güler, Minister for Energy and Natural Resources, the draft law is currently being debated in parliament and "God willing, we will pass it in parliament next week." The Turkish government plans to construct a three-unit plant of 5000 MW capacity by 2020 through the enforcement of this draft law. The plant would be either on the Black Sea or the Mediterranean. According to the bill, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources will select a company to construct the plant from those bidders that fulfilled the criteria of the Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) through a competitive bidding process. Under the nuclear bill, the government would offer purchasing guarantees to major producers to entice private companies. Park Holding, part of the Ciner Group, has applied to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) to construct a 1600 MW plant by 2015 in Mersin, Akkuyu, on the Mediterranean coast. Park Holding has not asked for a purchasing guarantee in its application. Yusuf Gunay, president of the EPDK energy regulator, said, "It is pleasing that a company wants to build a power plant in free market conditions and without putting any burden on the state." He added that this was the first application from a private company and that EPDK needed to decide on principles for such applications.
[Turkish Daily News, 20 March; Journal of Turkish Weekly, 22 March] A bill allowing and regulating the construction and operation of nuclear power plants in Turkey has been accepted in principal by the country's Energy Commission. According to Hilmi Güler, Minister for Energy and Natural Resources, the draft law is currently being debated in parliament and "God willing, we will pass it in parliament next week." The Turkish government plans to construct a three-unit plant of 5000 MW capacity by 2020 through the enforcement of this draft law. The plant would be either on the Black Sea or the Mediterranean. According to the bill, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources will select a company to construct the plant from those bidders that fulfilled the criteria of the Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) through a competitive bidding process. Under the nuclear bill, the government would offer purchasing guarantees to major producers to entice private companies. Park Holding, part of the Ciner Group, has applied to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) to construct a 1600 MW plant by 2015 in Mersin, Akkuyu, on the Mediterranean coast. Park Holding has not asked for a purchasing guarantee in its application. Yusuf Gunay, president of the EPDK energy regulator, said, "It is pleasing that a company wants to build a power plant in free market conditions and without putting any burden on the state." He added that this was the first application from a private company and that EPDK needed to decide on principles for such applications.
Further information
Ciner Group
WNA's Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries information paper
WNN: Turkey plans incentives for nuclear
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