Turkey

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

  Fossil Fuels Nuclear Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Thorium Hydro
Geothermal
Wind Solar
Units Mt Mt Bm3 metric tonnes metric tonnes TWh/y TWh/y TWh/y TWh/y
Total 12 615 45.2 6.7 9 129 380 000 160 12* 153 380

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

Average annual growth rate (%)
1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017 2000–2017*
(EJ) Energy consumption**
- Total 1.34 2.22 3.37 3.81 4.57 5.41 5.70 6.28 3.73
- Solids*** 0.62 0.99 1.28 1.23 1.59 1.69 1.85 1.63 1.43
- Liquids 0.68 1.00 1.36 1.35 1.22 1.64 1.64 2.06 2.47
- Gases 0.13 0.58 1.03 1.46 1.66 1.61 1.86 7.12
- Nuclear  
- Hydro 0.04 0.08 0.11 0.14 0.19 0.24 0.24 0.21 3.88
- Other renewables 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.11 0.28 0.35 0.51 16.10
Energy production
- Total 0.73 1.06 1.09 1.03 1.37 1.30 1.48 1.45 1.69
- Solids 0.58 0.79 0.80 0.70 0.92 0.65 0.76 0.61 (1.58
- Liquids 0.11 0.16 0.12 0.10 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.11 (0.51
- Gases 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 (3.99
- Nuclear  
- Hydro 0.04 0.08 0.11 0.14 0.19 0.24 0.24 0.21 3.88
- Other renewables 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.11 0.28 0.35 0.51 16.10
Net import (Import–Export) 0.62 1.21 2.29 2.84 3.32 4.39 4.43 4.88 4.56
- Total

TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

 
Average annual growth rate (%)
  1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2017 2018* 2010–2018**
Capacity of electrical plants (GW(e))
Thermal 2.99 9.54 16.05 32.28 41.9 46.93 46.91 5.5
Hydro 2.13 6.76 11.18 15.83 25.87 27.27 28.29 8.1
Nuclear
Wind+Geothermal+Solar 0.02 0.04 1.41 5.38 11 13.35 34
Total 5.12 16.32 27.27 49.52 73.15 85.2 88.55 8.1
Electricity production (TWh)
Thermal 11.93 34.32 93.93 155.83 179.37 212.14 208.3 4.5
Hydro 11.35 23.15 30.88 51.79 67.15 58.22 60.19 1.7
Nuclear
Wind+Geothermal+Solar 0.08 0.11 3.58 15.27 26.92 35.40 33.4
Total 23.28 57.54 124.92 211.21 261.78 297.28 303.89 5
Total electricity consumption (TWh) 24.62 56.81 128.28 210.43 265.72 296.70 303.28 5

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1980 1990 2000 2005 2008 2010 2015 2016 2017*
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 30.12 39.51 49.99 52.91 62.25 62.04 68.70 71.46 75.28
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) (gross) 550 1006 1891 2231 2770 2854 3325 3499 3672
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 11.5 19.4 41.2 56.7 58.3 55.9 73 67 72
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) — — — — — — — —
Ratio of external dependency (%)** 46.1 54.4 68.0 74.5 73.5 72.41 76 74 76

TABLE 5. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station/Project name Type Capacity Expected construction start year Expected commercial year
Akkuyu NPP — 1 WWER-1200 1200 MW(e) 2018 2023
Akkuyu NPP — 2 WWER-1200 1200 MW(e) 2019 2024
Akkuyu NPP — 3 WWER-1200 1200 MW(e) 2020 2025
Akkuyu NPP — 4 WWER-1200 1200 MW(e) 2021 2026
Sinop NPP — 1 ATMEA-1 1120 MW(e) 2020 2025
Sinop NPP — 2 ATMEA-1 1120 MW(e) 2021 2026
Sinop NPP — 3 ATMEA-1 1120 MW(e) 2024 2029
Sinop NPP — 4 ATMEA-1 1120 MW(e) 2025 2030

TABLE 7. TURKISH UNIVERSITIES HAVING NUCLEAR EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

Name Degree* Field Established
Hacettepe University B, M, D

Nuclear Engineering
1977, 1982
Istanbul Technical University M, D 1961, 2003
Sinop University B 2015
Ege University M, D

Nuclear Science
1966
Hacettepe University M, D 2003
Ankara University M, D 2006