Turkey’s installed wind capacity tripled during 2007 and again in 2008 to reach 433 MW, and in 2009 it almost doubled again to 801 MW. Moreover, the government announced a 30% objective for renewable energies by 2023 with plans to push wind energy up to 20,000 MW of installations for the same year.
“With an average growth in power demand of 8% each year, this means that if the 20,000 MW target is met, wind power will cover one fifth of Turkey’s power demand by 2023” said Christian Kjaer, Chief Executive of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
