2022 End of Year Meeting

As Turkish Wind Energy Association, we organized 2022 End of Year Meeting on 27.12.2022. Fatih Birol, President of the International Energy Agency (IEA) participated the meeting and made important statements regarding the global crisis in the energy sector. “In the midst of so much negativity, the current global energy crisis will be a catalyst and accelerator in the transition to clean and safe energy,” said Dr.Birol and noted the following: "We are seeing a very serious revival and growth worldwide in every field from renewable energy to energy efficiency and hydrogen. For example, while the installed wind power realized so far in the world is 800 GW, this figure will increase to 1,600 GW in 5 years. Turkey's potential in renewable energy is also enormous. We think that Turkey's renewable energy capacity will grow by 60 percent in the next 5 years."

TWEA President İbrahim Erden stated that they are planning 2023 as an 'investment year' for TWEA, and that they will continue to work on the rapid conversion of the new 3,400 MW of new capacity allocated into investment, the commissioning of unlicensed projects and the fastest return to investment for the storage integrated renewable projects to be licensed also he noted that they will contribute to the studies for the allocation of the Çandarlı Port and the region located in its hinterland to wind industry investments. Erden also said that "In order to achieve our 2030 goals, we need to invest 1,500 to 1,700 MW of wind energy, which corresponds to an investment of about $ 2 billion every year as a country." He also stressing that, as Turkey, initiatives have begun to build WindEurope 2026 in Turkey.