Turkey’s investment in natural gas distribution has reached TL 27 billion ($3.6 billion) since 2002. 54.5 million citizens benefit from the comfort of natural gas. The total population reached by natural gas is 68 million. The 68 million number corresponds to roughly 80% of Turkey's total population.
Turkey aims to establish an energy sector based on local resources as much as possible, Turkey's power generation has been tripled over the past 18 years to reach 96,000 megawatts. Today, 63% of our installed power consists of domestic resources. 51.7% of it belongs to renewable energy resources.
Turkey's geothermal power generation, which was only 18 megawatts in 2002, has now reached 1,613 megawatts, adding that with this figure, Turkey ranks first in Europe and fourth in the world in terms of geothermal.
Turkey has been on a quest to increase the share of domestic and renewable resources, particularly in power generation in recent years. It has managed to exponentially expand its renewable capacity, capitalizing on the vast resources of solar, wind and geothermal power.
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