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NewsWorld news17.02.2014 15:47 Bulgaria Was Turkey’s Top Electricity Provider in 2013 Turkey is in talks with Romania and Bulgaria over providing electricity through planned submarine power cable and landline
Bulgaria is Turkey’s top electricity provider, as recent trade data released by the state-run Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) revealed that more than half of the Turkey’s electricity imports were accounted for by its neighboring country. Turkey imported over 2.5 billion kWh power from Bulgaria in 2013, paying more than over EUR 131 million in return. Turkey is in talks with Romania and Bulgaria over providing electricity through planned submarine power cable and landline, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily reported. The Turkish government has initiated for two separate projects with two countries, mulling to boost transfer capacity to a total of 2800 megawatts of electricity power. The Turkish Energy Ministry has already signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow the setting up of an alternative facility for the exchange of electricity between the two countries, including via a submarine cable during Energy Minister Taner Yıldız’s Bucharest visit in late January. As part of the project Turkey aims to transfer 1000 MW of power via 450-kilometer-long submarine cables. Energy transfer companies of both sides, The Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TEİAŞ) and Transelektrika Sides, have reportedly agreed to continue working on a detailed feasibility study until November. The second project that involves Bulgaria into the network, foresees the establishment of an electricity transmission line that will carry 1,800-MW power from Romania to Bulgaria, to be transferred to Turkey then. A day after his talks in Bucharest, Yildiz met in Sofia with his Bulgarian counterpart Dragomir Stoinev to discuss the creation of Bulgarian-Turkish joint-venture between Bulgaria's state-owned National Electricity Company and a yet to be chosen Turkish company. The joint-venture will be facilitating and securing electricity export to Turkey. No published comments Login to comment |
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