IEA encourages Turkey to further reform its energy sector and move towards a low-carbon economy
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23 July 2010 Ankara --- Turkey will likely see the fastest medium to long-term growth in energy demand among the IEA member countries,” said Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Ankara. Presenting the new study Energy Policies of IEA Countries – Turkey 2009 Review, he noted that although ensuring sufficient energy supply to a growing economy remains the government’s main energy policy concern, “Turkey has also progressed significantly in all other areas of energy policy over the past few years.”
Turkey needs large investments in energy infrastructure, especially in electricity and natural gas, to be able to supply affordable energy to its people and to sustain rapid economic growth. To attract that investment, the country needs to continue reforming its energy market. “Power sector reform is well under way, but in the natural gas sector reform has been slower and needs to be accelerated,” Mr. Tanaka said.
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