**7. References**

38 Renewable Energy – Trends and Applications

Turkey is within some projects for reaching its aims related to renewable energy. The most important one of them is The Private Sector Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Project. The Project aims to help increase privately owned and operated energy production from indigenous renewable sources within the market-based framework of the Turkish Electricity Market Law, thereby helping to enhance energy efficiency and curb greenhouse gas emissions as a result. The project is the first to use resources from the newly established Clean Technology Fund (CTF)—a new US\$5.2 billion multilateral fund managed by the World Bank and administered through the World Bank Group and other multilateral development banks. World Bank and CTF financing for the project will include two loans, one from the IBRD and one from the CTF, each to two Turkish development banks: Türkiye Sinai Kalknma Bankas (TSKB) the Turkish Industrial Development Bank (private) and Türkiye Kalknma Bankas (TKB) the Turkish Development Bank (government)—for credit

line financing of renewable energy and energy-efficiency investments(WB, 2011).

ii. promote the Information and Technology Transfer for renewable energies;

of the Lisbon-Gothenburg Strategy of the European Union(RENET, 2011).

The specific objectives of the RENET project are to (RENET, 2011):

Another important Project is Renewable Energy Networks (RENET) between Turkish and European Universities. The project allows the combination of best available technology information in the field of renewable energy and best practices transfer in higher education

i. enhance the awareness and understanding of academic staff as well as of policy-makers and stakeholders of the political, economical and social frameworks relating renewable

iii. increase the capacity of the academic community to participate in Turkish-European co-

iv. foster the strategic partnership for implementing renewable energies in Turkey and the

It is expected that RENET will provide a relevant contribution not only to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on ensuring environmental sustainability and developing global partnerships for development. Moreover, it is also in line with the strategic objectives

Turkish energy market is currently the scene of important changes. The Country established a new national energy plan based on diversification of supplies, the start of nuclear energy production and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency. It seems to move towards a low carbon energy sector: In this context, it has three main strategies: increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy use in addition increasing natural gas use. This implies Turkey is stepping up its engagement on climate change internationally and

It has taken some important steps to promote the use of renewable energy resources. The Country's renewable energy policies are in a consistency with EU Energy Policies and global trends like energy efficiency and market liberalization policies. It is clearly seen the country is heading in the right direction. However, its deliberate policy has caused relatively slow progress in the realization of its aims. This may cause Turkey to miss the technological

**5. Renewable energy projects** 

and science and Technology co-operation.

operation projects, and

energy;

EU.

**6. Conclusions** 

nationally.


http://www.google.com.tr/webhp?hl=tr#hl=tr&source=hp&q=Turkish+Energy+ Sector+%2CUNECE-e8-EBRD-.

EUMS (Energy, Utilities & Mining Sector ), (2009) Renewables Report On the sunny side of the street\* Opportunities and challenges in the Turkish renewable energy market Industries*,* Available from

www.boell-meo.org/downloads/Renewable\_Energy\_Turkey.pdf.


http://www.enerji.gov.tr/yayinlar\_raporlar/Arz\_Guvenligi\_Strateji\_Belgesi.pdf.

