The Future of Hydroelectric Energy Will Be Discussed at the Summit

At the summit, HESİAD member companies, HEPP sector suppliers and public subsidiaries will come together. At the Summit, which will be attended by HEPP investors, operating companies, project and engineering companies and industrialists producing for the construction sector, who realize and produce renewable energy throughout Turkey, investments on the sector's agenda and rehabilitation and optimization studies to use water in the most efficient way will be discussed.

WE ARE AMONG THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD IN HYDROELECTRIC INSTALLED CAPACITY

Emphasizing the global expansion of renewable energy, Elvan Tuğsuz Güven, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hydroelectric Power Plants Industry Businessmen Association (HESİAD), said, “The rapid growth momentum of domestic and renewable energy resources, which are at the intersection of energy security concerns and environmentally friendly energy production, will increase all over the world. Hydroelectric power currently provides more than 15 percent of the world's electricity. Hydroelectric capacity is expected to double in the next 30 years and continue to grow as a green energy source with storage capability, supporting variable wind and solar energy. Turkey is among the top 10 countries in the world in hydroelectric installed capacity. In our country's energy production, hydraulic energy ranks first among renewable energy sources. We have an installed power potential of 160 million megawatt hours annually. At the Turkey Dams and Hydroelectric Power Plants Summit, it is planned to discuss the steps that will reveal this potential for the present and future of the sector. "Hybrid power plants integrated with other energy sources, innovative technologies required to increase plant efficiency, rehabilitation needs and digitalization will also be on the agenda at the summit," he said.