Turkey
and the U.S. have signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) to improve cooperation in the
wind energy sector, Turkish media reported on
Friday.
With the agreement, signed during the Atlantic
Council Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul,
the two countries aim for wind turbines with total
capacity of some 3,000 megawatts (MW) to be
manufactured in Turkey and target at least $500
million (402 million euro) worth of investments,
daily Hurriyet said, citing Turkey’s energy
minister Taner Yildiz.
The U.S. companies will be more involved in
Turkey’s wind energy industry as a result of the
MoU, Yildiz said as quoted by daily Sabah.
Yildiz said also that Turkey’s total installed
wind power capacity has increased to 3,600 MW
during the rule of the Justice and Development
Party (Ak Parti) from 19 MW 12 years ago.
The two-day conference of the annual Atlantic
Council Energy and Economic Summit, the sixth,
started on Thursday in Istanbul.
Source: SeeNews