Underscoring that the Turkish economy, except for few extraordinary periods, had uninterruptedly continued its trend for high growth in the past 19 years, Erdoğan said: “Our country’s energy demand has increased in parallel with its economic growth and population. Our electrical energy consumption has increased by some 8 percent this year alone. The works carried out by our relevant institutions have shown that our electrical energy demand will increase by 3.5 percent annually on average. In the event that our economy maintains the momentum it has gained despite the pandemic conditions, these figures will further increase.”

“Principle of ‘more domestic, more renewable’”

Erdoğan stated: “As the government, we maintain our works bearing in mind both our country’s increasing energy need and the global economic outlook. The National Energy and Mining Policy, which we announced in 2017, is guiding us and our energy sector during this period. The purpose of our works, which we carry out with the principle of ‘more domestic, more renewable’ is to meet our energy needs through domestic and national means with reasonable prices in a continuous and qualified manner. To this end, we constantly increase the share of the renewable energy resources in our energy basket.” (ILKHA)