Reported last week from Turkey, the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration has chosen twenty cities in the country for a new study.
The study with a cost of $13 million, is supposed to explore the geothermal energy potential in these cities.
In the Central Anatolia region, seven cities have been chosen, including the capital Ankara. They will receive $7 million for studies on the potential. Ankara alone will receive $1.8 million.
The western provinces of Izmir, Manisa and Afyonkarahisar will receive $3.5 million. The remainder of $2.5 million will given to studies in the northwestern Marmara region and the eastern Turkey.
Turkey has moved ahead very strongly in the past 2-5 years, with an installed geothermal power generation capacity of now 311 MW.
Source: Turkish Press
