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RE: Turkey power options
Correct, Susan.
And here's a bit more background on the hydro ( + gas ) construction in
Turkey (not that it has escaped environmentalist opposition -- the only
"good power" is no power, it would seem..)
....so after stopping hydro and nuclear - and the Turks don't have coal or
> oil/gas - Greenpeace's Melda Keskin and FoE's Tony Juniper will
> undoubtedly
> generate more than enough hot air for all of Turkey's industry &
> households.
>
> jaro
frantaj@aecl.ca
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_288000/288183.stm
Monday, March 1, 1999 Published at 10:48 GMT
BBC World: Middle East
Turkish dam gets UK support
The UK Government has said it will underwrite a controversial dam
project in the Kurdish area of Turkey.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is backing the UK company
Balfour Beatty with £200m in a bid to build the Ilisu Dam on the River
Tigris.
The project has been criticised by environmentalists, the World Bank and
Turkey's neighbours.
The dam's reservoir will drown dozens of Kurdish towns along the Tigris
valley, including the historic town of Hasankeyf.
Work is underway or complete on 22 dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Turkey says the dams will enable hundreds of thousands of hectares of land
to be irrigated, and generate electricity for the underdeveloped and arid
southeast of the country.
The World Bank refused to participate in the project because of fears it
would increase the danger of cross-border conflict with Turkey's
neighbours to the south.
Turning on tension
Turkey controls the Tigris and Euphrates headwaters which Iraq and Syria
depend on for fresh water.
Both Baghdad and Damascus have complained about the amount of water they
have been getting since the completion of the first Turkish dams at the
beginning of the 1990s.
They fear Turkey's ability to shut off their water supply in any
possible future conflict.
Critics of British support of the Ilisu Dam say it contravenes the UK
Government's rules on ethical foreign policy and its recently announced
environmental guidelines.
Tony Juniper of the UK-based environmentalist group Friends of the Earth
said: "We have to stop this project before the British Government is
party to fermenting war in the Middle East."
In the late 1980s, Balfour Beatty was involved the controversial Pergau
Dam project in Malaysia.
The dam was criticised as unsuitable on environmental grounds and
because the UK aid package to build it was tied to Malaysia continuing
to buy arms from UK weapons manufacturers.
> AKKUYU DECISION DELAYED AGAIN CANADA NEGOTIATING OTHER ENERGY PROJECTS TOO
> The Turkish government was scheduled to announce its choice of
> international consortium to build the Akkuyu nuclear plant by January 31,
> but the decision has been delayed again. Turkish Energy Minister Cumhur
> Ersumer on Tuesday announced a new deadline of March 1. On the same day
> Ersumer met with Martin Cauchon, Minister of National Revenue and
> Secretary of State responsible for Canada Economic Development, to discuss
> energy-related issues, including the construction of hydroelectric
> facilities. Ersumer said: "We discussed current and potential joint energy
> investment projects. We are negotiating with Canadian firms to construct
> five hydroelectric power plants. If we can start to construct these dams
> and hydroelectric power plants, we will discuss new projects. We also
> talked about the latest developments over the Akkuyu nuclear power station
> bid."
> From the Turkish Daily News
>
>
http://www.dunya-gazete.com.tr/2000/02/01/eindex.html
February 01, 2000 Tuesday
Energy victimized to daily politics
3-day long power cuts ended after the warning of President Suleyman Demirel.
The experts stated that the problem was structural and permanent, and a
great difficulty would be experienced especially in cases of drought. Level
of water in Keban, Karakaya and Ataturk dams, having the biggest established
power, dropped so low and electricity production in the power plants may
stop frequently. Experts stated that informing people of power cuts and
withdrawing from it two days later was not logical. Chairman of Electrical
Engineers Ali Yigit said that the operation aimed to make the public accept
nuclear plants.
http://www.dunya-gazete.com.tr/2000/01/31/eindex.html
No solution for natural gas before 2001
There will be no solutions to the problem of natural gas and electricity
before 2001, because of harsh winter conditions. Insufficient natural gas
and electricity depressed everybody and General Manager of Botas (Petroleum
Pipeline Cooperation) Gokhan Yardim declared to Dunya Daily Journal that
they requested from Russia to increase the amount of natural gas, and would
warn EGO about the member registrations. Blue Stream Project will start gas
conduction in April 2001 and Iranian natural gas in July 2001.
http://www.dunya-gazete.com.tr/2000/01/29/eindex.html
January 29, 2000 Saturday
Systematical power cuts start
Unexpected failures and difficult conditions of the winter brought back the
power cuts Turkey had experienced before 1980. People will see 1,5-hour long
cuts in the mornings and evenings. Energy Minister Cumhur Ersumer stated
that the cuts would end when the bad weather conditions ended and the dams
were full. Ersumer said that Turkey could not meet its daily need of 390
million kwh of energy. The failure in Botas's compressor station in
Eskisehir stopped the natural gas flow. Meanwhile, the cuts angered the
industrialists. Representatives of the sector said that 2-hour of power cut
per day would spoil their products.
Companies saving energy are awarded
Energy Minister Cumhur Ersumer awarded the industrialists participating in
energy saving project competition. Ersumer said that Turkey would save 20
million kwh/year of energy and US$ 32 million in a year with the help of
these projects. 5 projects awarded are: Arcelik AS Fridges, Eczacibasi
Construction Materials Vitra Ceramics group, Izmir Iron Steel Industry, OYSA
Nigde Cement Industry and PETKIM Petrochemical Holding.
http://www.dunya-gazete.com.tr/2000/01/21/eindex.html
Snow hardens life in Turkey
Transportation has come to a halt at the highways of Turkey because of cold
and snow. 10.000 village roads have closed for transportation and
communication has been cut off among the cities.
First session at the ISE was postponed due to heavy snow, schools have been
on holiday since Monday at the provinces of Umraniye, Beykoz and Sariyer and
THY flights are also delayed at the line of Istanbul - Ankara.
http://www.dunya-gazete.com.tr/2000/01/20/eindex.html
Iranian Foreign Minister: Natural gas to symbolise our relations
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Kamal Kharrazi stated that there was not a
disagreement between Iran and Turkey on natural gas. Kharrazi said that they
would start natural gas transportation to Turkey soon. Minister Kharazzi
said that establishment of a data bank to answer the needs of two countries'
businessmen was inevitable.
http://www.dunya-gazete.com.tr/2000/01/17/eindex.html
Turkey to get Iran gas in 2001
The negotiations of BOTAS (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) GM Gokhan Yardim
in Iran resulted with Iran's withdrawal from US$ 120 million worth
compensation demand. Turkey will start gas purchase in September 2001. This
delay will also prolong Eastern Anatolia's industrialisation.
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> From: Susan Gawarecki[SMTP:loc@icx.net]
> Reply To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: Wednesday March 01, 2000 11:16 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Turkey power options
>
> Turkey has constructed several large dams for hydroelectric power.
> Earthquakes in the NW part of the country put all downstream residents
> at risk, as well as citizens of Iraq. There's no doubt in my mind that
> the water released from a dam break would kill far more people then if a
> nuclear plant's containment ruptured.
>
> In my personal opinion, of course.
>
> --Susan Gawarecki
>
> <<ISTANBUL, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Environmental activists wearing ``masks
> of death'' on Tuesday staged a lie-down protest on the eve of an
> expected Turkish government decision to award the first ever nuclear
> power plant.
> ...
> But a housing ministry satellite survey map showed the region as one
> of the least earthquake prone areas in Turkey.
>
> Two devastating earthquakes ripped through northwest Turkey last
> year, killing more than 18,000 people and igniting a refinery blaze
> which threatened to spread out of control.>>
> --
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