Editorial ---------·--------------- 2 Since Sultan Resat, Our Country Could Not Be Saved From Power Shortages. Is Not There A Remedy To Get Rid Of it ? Certainly There Is. Please Read These Column Up To The End (1) At the !ast period of Ottoman State, poverty destined our country to oxcart in the transport, to plow at the fıeld and to oil !anıp in the lighting. In early years of 1900. electricity was only available in American colleges (Tarsus,Tavas, Merzifon, ete.) whilst Istanbul and Ankara had to satisfy with oil lamps. In Istanbul first power plant Silahtarağa, was built thanks to the instruction of Sultan Resat iı1 early 1910. During !ast 50 years, various goverments tried to resolve electricity constrains in Turkeı, Last one was BOO (Build-Own-Operate) projects which were sat on the legal fı:ame work of law No 4287. These contracts were guaranteeıng the purchasing of generated electricity and payment of ınvoices .In year 2001, free market laws for electricity (4628) and natura! gas (4646) respectively w7 enacted. Thus, the door was open for private investors. Thirlgs gone well until the gas prices started to increase, in !ine with oil prices. G.ıs prices increased 100%, from the year 2004 to year 2007. This increase, caused 55% increase in the production cost of electricity. For this reason, Autoproducers, either shut down their cogeneration facilities or operated them in partial load. Government had to discover a new measure to attract stand-by capacities to the operation thus, DUY (Balancing and Stabilization Regulation) was put into operation on 1st August, 2006. The new regulation helped a lot to increase power generation capacities of private sector. It rised to 95% after 6 months of operation. But, on the other hand, electricity demand in the System was growıng 8.4% per year. In !ast summer, Power System had cliffıculty to meet increasing electricity demand, due to, mainly, by air conclitioners. The shortage of power in the system caused to increase in the electricity prices in ehe Free Market (Electricity stock Exchange). This situation attracted the appetit of new ınvestors for power plants. Accorcling to our investigations, as Turkish Cogeneration Association, Investors applied to EıvffiA to get builcling licences of 8500 MW hydraulic, 3960 MW gas firing combıned eyde and 5487 MW iınported caol plants. But the progress of these investrnems are very slow, because expected incentives are not given to private ınvestors. In order to speed up the investment, following measures are to be taken: ■ Power purchasıng guaremee with the daily Market Price should be adjusted, İı1 line with gas prices. Summaries ■ Bonus for high effıciency system is necessary. ■ Capex should be deducted from corporate taxes. ■ Government or BOTAŞ should guarantee "no more gas price increase". ■ Autoproducers could export electricity to the grid up to 60% of their annual production, instead of current 30%. ■ Transmission and clistribution fees for contribution to investrnent and operation should be reduced. The real remedy to the electricity shortages is: invescment, invesanent and again investment. In the next series of articles we are going to give our advices about the feasibilities, durations and permits for new investments and criterias of the preferences. Please keep following us. Towards to brillant horizons . . . Best Regards News ----------------·---- 8 Renewable Energy Sources and New Business Opportunities "Renewable energy production", which has become a rather popular topic in Germany, is provicling new business opportunities as well. According to a survey carried out for the l\ılinistry of Environmem in Germany, the sector provided employment for 235 thousand people !ast year. The Fifth Oil Well has been Drilled in Atça The fıfth geothermal drilling by the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration in Atça near the Sultanhisar province of Aydın has been successful. Having found geothermal fluid material at 120 degrees Centigrade ata depth of 1200 meters, the experts say that they have reached a very productive well that has a production capacity of 183 liters per second and 600 tons per hour. A Billion Dallar Bid by OMV for MOL The Austrian energy group OMV has made a surprise take-over bid for the Hungarian MOL. The controllıng shareholders of OMV are Austrian and Dubai governments. OMV made a bid of 32,000 Hungarian Forints per share of MOL. "TAC" Method Against Global Warning Being active in 130 countries, Schneider Electric makes intelligent builclings with its "TAC Builcling Automation System Solutions". Aclueving up to 30% savings in builcling automation cosrs, "TAC ENERJi DÜNYASI EKiM 2001 53
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