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[email protected] Published by International Organization on TPE (IOTPE) December 2010 Issue 5 Volume 2 Number 4 Pages 92-96 THE IMPACTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY LAW ON TURKISH WIND ENERGY SECTOR Y. Aslan Electrical Engineering Department, University of Dumlupinar, Kutahya, Turkey,
[email protected] Abstract- Although the first wind turbine started Turkey. It is estimated that Turkey’s technical wind operation in Turkey as early as 1998, virtually no energy potential is 88,000 MW and economical potential significant progress has been achieved in the wind energy is approximately 10,000 MW depending on the technical sector until 2006 due to the absence of a stable legal conditions [2-5]. framework and an effective support mechanism. With the Despite the fact the first wind turbine started adoption of Renewable Energy Law into Turkish wind operation in Turkey as early as 1998; actual progress in energy sector in May 2005 many foreign and local firms the market has started in 2006 after the adoption of are interested in the developments of wind farms and Renewable Energy Law on 18 May 2005. Although the applied to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority for a law is an important step towards the renewable energy licence. Despite the fact the perspectives for the implementations, it does not set a target for electricity development of wind power in Turkey are becoming generated from renewable sources. In 2006 in total of 56 quite attractive, there are problems to be tackled.