111 News From Turkey lnternational Natural Gas Symposium from İGDAŞ The INGAS 2007, İGDAŞ lnternational Natura! Gos Operations Symposium and Exhibition il wos held on April 24, 25, ond 26, 2007 ot the lstanbul Hilton Congress ond Exhibition Centre with the porticipotion of 1 3 countries. İGDAŞ held the first internotional symposium in 2005, ondthisyeor the second is being held, ond leading foreign ond domestic companies ond institutions of the natura! gos industry ottended the symposium. For three doys, l 250 people from the industry ottended the symposium ond 47 stotements were submitted. in oddition to the leoding componies and institutions from Turkey, ıecturers from 13 different countries ottended the sympos i um, ond with the outcomes, very importont contributions hove been mode for the development of the industry. Selohottin ÇİMEN, theAssistont Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and Natura! Resources; Yusuf GÜNAY, the Heod of the Energy Market Regulotory Board; ond Hüseyin Eren, İstanbul Metropoliton Municipolity Assistont General Secretary ond several senior level guests ottended the symposium, ond the developments in the industry were discussed within the internotionol fromework, ond new solutions were offered for the industry. İGDAŞ, which has had importont contributions to the natura! gos industry with its know-how ond skills, ond which is the ıeoder in the natura! gos industry, completed the second of the series of symposium, offering new trends for the sector, with on owareness of its responsibility as the industry leoder; toking into account thot worldwide o mojority of the power consumption is through natura! gos. The porticiponts who submitted popers from overseos were from Fronce, Switzerlond, the United Kingdom, Conodo, Scotlond, Japon, Bosnio Herzegovino, Soudi Arobio, United Stotes of America, lndonesio, the Netherlonds, ıran ond Korea, ond as for Turkey, in oddition to the Energy Market Regulotory Board; institutions ond componies such as BOTAŞ, TPAO, EGO-Ankara, izgoz, Bursagoz, Çorumgaz, and Zorlu Enerji also attended the symposium ond submitted popers. As for the un i versities, ocademicians from the Bosphorous University Kandilli Eorthquoke Research lnstitute, Kocaeli University, Erciyes University, Pomukkole University, Marmara University, Sabancı University ond Fatih University, ottended with their popers. -----------------�------------------ lnternational Natural Gas Convention Held The lnternotionol Natura! Gas Convention ond Exhibit, held by the Chomber of Mechonicol Engineers, took ploce ot the Ankara Sheraton Hotel ond Convention Centre between Moy 3rd ond 5th, 2007. During the six sessions ond two ponels held in three doys, sectoral issues ronging from Turkey's supply of Noturol gas ond export policies to transfer ond distribution lines, from urban noturol gos usogeto utilizotion of natural gos to generote power. Convention execution committee member Oğuz Türkyılmaz delivered the opening speech during the opening of the convention. Taking his turn ot the podium following Türkyılmaz, Emin Koramoz, Choirmon of the Board of the Chomber of Mechonicoı Engineers, pointed out thot noturol gos alongside oil has an importont ploce as we l l, in terms of the internotionol energy policies, ond soid, "Noturol gos, due to the mony odvontages it offers, has become one of the most popular sources of energy in the world, ond pipelines have reoched to far corners of the world ond hove contributed to political and economicol cooperotion between notions. On the other hond, the route which these pipelines are to follow has become an oreo of serious competition. When exomined against the internotionoı trends and conditions, forthe soke of not just the notural gos industry but the near future of Turkey in relation to the entire energy industry as o whole in the country, it becomes very clear that new opprooches and solutions thot will toke the efficiency ond environmentol foctors into considerotion are urgent l y needed to ensure energy supply security, ond for the people to utilize energy in the leost expensive ond heolthiest monner possible. -----------------�------------------ 26th Energy Efficiency Week Held The 26th Energy Efficiency Week WOS held between Moy 1 1 ond May l 4, in 5 sessions. Hilmi Güler, Minister of Energy ond Natura! Resources, Osman Pepe, the Minister of Environment and Forestry, Hüseyin Çelik the Minister of Notional Educotion, ond the bureoucrots ond guests attended the octivities held ot the MTA focilities ond the Energy Park. Dr. M. Hilmi Güler, the Minister of Energy ond Natura! Resources, who gove o speech during the meeting, stoted thot in cose 30 per cent sovings are mode, two Atatürk Doms will not be mode, ond _,Doğal Gaz Dergisi , 2007/5 6 to 6.5 quodrillion liros will not be poid for oil ond noturol gos, and thot the energy wosted must be used properly. Güler oıso odded that Turkey is quite recently discovering the solar ond wind energy, and said thot the money to be spentthere can be tronsferred eısewhere, ond that the turbine market in water is around 20 billion USD. Minister Güler soid 'For turbines we ore poying ıoods of money abrood. We wish to build these turbines ourselves. This has o market of l O billion USD. Besides, which commodity has such o guarantee for customers. The privote sector must definitely creote projects in this field. Solar ceııs moy be placed on ony roof. Alithe cities in Turkey hove o greot potentiol in terms of solar energy. As for the wind turbines, in the micro-hydroeıectricity plants, there is o market of 20 billion USD, ond the privote sector can produce relevont projects". Güler soid that the private sector is very much interested in wind energy, ond thot the componies are olmost queuing to build turbines, ond he exp l oined thot as onother source of renewol energy, there ore severol projects to be carried out as well.
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