TURKEY

Turkey Turning To Nuclear Power, Counting On Coal
 
By Gary Lakes
 
Turkey will soon make decisions finalizing plans for a third nuclear power plant in the country, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz announced during an 8 October gathering in Izmir of the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA), according to Today’s Zaman on 15 October. Faced with both increasing energy demand and higher costs for energy imports – particularly in the form of natural gas...