Turkey May Give 2,277 MW New Wind Power Licenses, Regulator Says

Turkey’s energy regulator may give final licenses for 2,277 megawatts of new wind-power plants, subject to environment assessment reports, Hasan Koktas, head of the Ankara-based agency said.

The regulator rejected applications for 15,360 megawatts of wind-power licenses and is studying 23,300 megawatts more for preliminary licensing, Koktas said in a press release distributed ahead of an energy conference in Istanbul today. Wind farm licenses approved by the agency total 5,000 megawatts so far, including 1,406 megawatts in operation, he said.

The agency asked the central bank and banking regulator to ease lending restrictions for energy projects as it estimates Turkey’s annual energy demand rising an average 6.3 percent in the next 20 years, Koktas said.

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