Renewables an Alternative to Coal in Turkey’s $400 Billion Plan
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Turkey could achieve its aims of expanding its electricity supply and cutting reliance on natural-gas imports by boosting clean energy instead of coal generation, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
The country’s plan to meet rising power demand through 2030 mainly with coal-fired plants would cost almost the same, about $400 billion, if clean-energy facilities were built, a a new report from the research company shows. The current plan would double carbon emissions in the period, while the renewables alternative would stabilize them after a few years.