TRABZON
Türkiye has a huge potential in renewable energy that should be put to use, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said.
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“We want to increase the installed capacity of 27,000 megawatts in solar and wind with an additional 60,000 megawatts by 2035,” Bayraktar told a meeting with businesspeople in the northern province of Trabzon.
Türkiye heavily relies on imported energy, which leads to a current account deficit, the minister said, adding that the government is working to address this issue.
“Türkiye has to engage domestic and renewable resources to the maximum extent in order to reduce its dependency on imported energy and to meet the growing demand for energy,” Bayraktar added, stressing that those solar, wind, hydroelectric and geothermal resources should be put in use.
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