Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation

{{Short description|Transmission system operator for electricity in Turkey}}

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Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (Turkish: Türkiye Elektrik İletim A. Ş., abbreviated TEİAŞ) is the transmission system operator for electricity in Turkey. It is a government-owned corporation. It is planned for a minority stake to be sold to the private sector before the end of 2022.{{Cite web |title=Doing business in Turkey: Energy |url=https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publications/ad4409f2/doing-business-in-turkey-energy |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Norton Rose Fulbright |language=en}} It reportedly does not co-ordinate with EMRA re YEKA bids as of 2023.{{Cite web |last1=Ergenç |first1=Ceren |last2=Göçer |first2=Derya |date=5 May 2023 |title=China's Response to Türkiye's Volatile Authoritarianism |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2023/05/chinas-response-to-turkiyes-volatile-authoritarianism?lang=en |website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace}}

History

In 2006, investigations were begun by ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators, into the technical conditions for the interconnection of the national grid of Turkey to the continental European power system. A trial period of interconnection commenced on 18 September 2010, and after the signing of long term agreements, the interconnection with Europe became a permanent arrangement.{{Cite web|date=21 September 2015|title=Report on Blackout in Turkey on 31st March 2015|url=https://eepublicdownloads.entsoe.eu/clean-documents/SOC%20documents/Regional_Groups_Continental_Europe/20150921_Black_Out_Report_v10_w.pdf|access-date=30 November 2021|website=ENTSO-E}}

There was a nationwide blackout in 2015.

Operations

According to a study by Sabancı University 20% of Turkey's electricity could be generated from wind and solar by 2026 with no extra transmission costs, and 30% with a minor increase in grid investment.{{Cite book|url=https://www.shura.org.tr/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Grid-Study-eng.pdf|title=Increasing the Share of Renewables in Turkey's Power System: Options for Transmission Expansion and Flexibility|year=2018}}

Subsidies

TEİAŞ distributes extra payments to some power stations in Turkey: some hydro is supported, but this "capacity mechanism" has been criticised as wasting money on too much capacity{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/31052019-turkey-capacity-mechanism-applications-oped/|title=Turkey: Capacity Mechanism Applications – OpEd|last=Direskeneli|first=Haluk|date=2019-05-31|website=Eurasia Review|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-04}} by supporting some coal fired power stations in Turkey.

References

External links

{{European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity}}

Category:Electric power transmission system operators in Turkey