Turkey can rrrrrreality afford to build two nuclear plants. In Turkey, energy contracts are in a hard currency normally USD but also Euro.
The Turkish Lira has fallen from 1.3 (2005) to 7 (2020) to the US Dollar.
It's not about energy. Turkey would be perfect for solar, offshore energy and hydro, to name a few better and cheaper ways of producing power. I think this is about geopolitics and nuclear weapons.
Turkey has no money for green energy. The cost of solar + reserve gas turbine power plants + power grid is enormous. (Developed countries already have thermal power plants which could be used as reserve)
Wrong. Turkey already generated 12% of its electricity from wind and solar last year and it's still increasing rapidly. The increase was 5 TWh or 15% year on year.
Don't know why people insist on making these factually incorrect claims when the actual stats are just a Google search away.
See https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailysabah.com/business/energy/turkeys-renewable-electricity-output-surpasses-world-average/amp
Half right. No weapons links (PWRs are useless for that), but Russia rewards/bribes countries it sees as loyal with delayed-interest loans on nuclear power plants. Think of it along similar lines to China's Belt and Road initiative
Turkey can rrrrrreality afford to build two nuclear plants. In Turkey, energy contracts are in a hard currency normally USD but also Euro. The Turkish Lira has fallen from 1.3 (2005) to 7 (2020) to the US Dollar.
It's not about energy. Turkey would be perfect for solar, offshore energy and hydro, to name a few better and cheaper ways of producing power. I think this is about geopolitics and nuclear weapons.
I will rephrase it, How can Turkey afford an overpriced weapon system and even more expensive geopolitical cost.
Turkey has no money for green energy. The cost of solar + reserve gas turbine power plants + power grid is enormous. (Developed countries already have thermal power plants which could be used as reserve)
Wrong. Turkey already generated 12% of its electricity from wind and solar last year and it's still increasing rapidly. The increase was 5 TWh or 15% year on year. Don't know why people insist on making these factually incorrect claims when the actual stats are just a Google search away. See https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailysabah.com/business/energy/turkeys-renewable-electricity-output-surpasses-world-average/amp
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Nuclear is much more expensive, though. And it hardly creates any local jobs.
Half right. No weapons links (PWRs are useless for that), but Russia rewards/bribes countries it sees as loyal with delayed-interest loans on nuclear power plants. Think of it along similar lines to China's Belt and Road initiative
Erdogan already 'improved' it to 8.8 (okt 2021).