Energy from garbage

Having run the studies to generate energy from garbage with plasma technology, Anelmak prepares a project to generate İstanbul’s 10 per cent energy from garbage thru renewable energy system, without leaving any waste. Mr. Osman Türkmen, GM at Anelmak said plasma technology is based on “to compose at high temperature”, instead of “to burn”. This technolgy is used in Japan to remove the automobiles’s waste, added Mr. Türkmen. He also said their system owns higher qualities and would the first in the world, after application fully starts.

Energy plant to Israel from Zorlu

Mr. Hilmi Güler, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, said they had a significant step with Israel to connect underwater electricity transmission. Mr. Binyamin Fouad Ben Eliezer, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, visited Mr. Güler, which was the media not allowed. After the visit, there is a contract signed between Zorlu Enerji Grubu and Solbar Energy to set up an energy station of with a capacity of 100 MW electricity power station and 70 tons/hr of steam. Mr. A. Nazif Zorlu, President of the Board at Zorlu Holding, said that energy plants would built in Ashdod with a cost of USD 200 million and start to operate in 12 months.

Güler: Privatizations ahead

Mr. Hilmi Güler, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, said they would start the privatizations of electricty distribution then power stations would follow next year. Mr. Güler added they attached high level of importance to the use of domestic resources in the power stations. Güler commented: “In Turkey, the stabilization of energy supply should be provided. We will start the privatizations of electricty distribution then power stations follow, including thermal power stations. Privatization Administration started those studies regarding the privatization and we assist them as the industrial regulatory authority.

Nuclear power studies in Turkey

Countdown started for nuclear power stations in Turkey. As a first step, the constructions for three units are to start by 2007. Those units start to operate in 2012, 2014 and 2015. TAEK (Turkish Atomic Energy Institution) completed the feasibility studies on the correct location.
Total capacity of those nuclear reactors are 4.500 MW. And the total cost is predicted between USD 4 billion and USD 8 billion. The debates for nuclear energy started in 1960s for the first time in Turkey. TAEK considered 90 different parameters on determining of the location and Akkuyu (Mersin) was agreed, opposed by the environmentalist groups.