Energy in Turkey
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Energy in Turkey describes energy
World energy resources and consumption
]World energy consumption in 2010: over 5% growthEnergy markets have combined crisis recovery and strong industry dynamism. Energy consumption in the G20 soared by more than 5% in 2010, after the slight decrease of 2009. This strong increase is the result of two converging trends...

 and electricity
Electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...

 production, consumption and import in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. Energy policy of Turkey will describe the energy policy
Energy policy
Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity has decided to address issues of energy development including energy production, distribution and consumption...

 in the politics of Turkey
Politics of Turkey
Politics of Turkey takes place in a framework of a strictly secular parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Turkey is the head of government, and of a multi-party system...

 more in detail. Turkey imports most of its energy.
Primary energy use in Turkey was 1,146 TWh and 16 TWh/million persons in 2008.

Energy in Turkey
Capita Prim. energy Production Import Electricity CO2-emission
Million TWh TWh TWh TWh Mt
2004 71.79 952 280 677 127 209
2007 73.90 1163 317 881 163 265
2008 71.08 1146 337 843 171 264
2009 71.90 1,136 352 817 165 256
Change 2004-2009 0.2 % 19.2 % 25.6 % 20.7 % 30.2 % 22.4 %
Mtoe = 11.63 TWh, Prim. energy includes energy losses

Gas lines

Tabriz–Ankara pipeline (2001) is gasline from Iran to Turkey. Blue Stream
Blue Stream
Blue Stream is a major trans-Black Sea gas pipeline that carries natural gas from Russia into Turkey. The pipeline has been constructed by the Blue Stream Pipeline B.V., the Netherlands based joint venture of Russian Gazprom and Italian Eni. The Blue Stream Pipeline B.V...

 (2005) deliver gas in a 1213 km (754 mi) long pipe from Russian to Turkey Ankara. South Caucasus Pipeline
South Caucasus Pipeline
South Caucasus Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline to transport natural gas from the Shah Deniz gas field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea to Turkey...

 (2006) deliver gas from the Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

 to Turkey.

Turkey–Greece pipeline (2007) connects Turkey to Greece.

South Stream
South Stream
South Stream is a proposed gas pipeline to transport Russian natural gas to the Black Sea to Bulgaria and further to Greece, Italy and Austria. The project is seen as rival to the planned Nabucco pipeline...

 (2015) is a proposed gas pipeline to transport Russian natural gas via Tukey to Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Austria. Nabucco pipeline
Nabucco Pipeline
The Nabucco pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline from Erzurum in Turkey to Baumgarten an der March in Austria diversifying natural gas suppliers and delivery routes for Europe. The pipeline attempts to lessen European dependence on Russian energy...

 (2017) is proposed pipeline to transport gas from Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and possibly Egypt to Europe. Persian Pipeline
Persian Pipeline
Persian Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline to transfer Iranian gas from the Persian gulf to European markets.-Route:...

(2014) is a proposed Iran–Europe pipeline.
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