Turkey, presented the National Contribution Intention (INDC) on September 30, 2015 to secretairat of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. According to this, Turkey aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 21% to 929 MtCO2e, which is estimated to be 1,175 MtCO2e in 2030 according to the reference scenario (BAU). The solar power plant capacity to 10
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As is known, the monitoring plans prepared within the framework of the Legislation on the Monitoring and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Regulation on the Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Communique) were submitted to the Ministry’s approval by the end of September 2014. There are some issues to be considered in the preparation and control
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The document, called the monitoring plan is the plan that consists of the most appropriate methods for the calculation and measurement of greenhouse gas emissions during the monitoring period. The monitoring plan is the basis for the emission report. Information given on some issues is the basis of the emission report, these issues; for example source
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The conference of 20th Parties in Lima, capital of Peru, enden with the “Lima Call for Climate Action” that is a result declaration towards the convention on the distribution of carbon loads to countries (Paris COP 21) for limiting global temperature with 2 0C. The conference did not go beyond repeating the main topics on the 2015 global
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Although Turkey is one of the countries with the most increasing demand for electricity and the highest solar potential among developing countries; it ranks last in solar power generation (PV). In fact, Turkey is the fourth largest country in the world in terms of solar heating after China, the United States and Germany with a little difference. So
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The Regulation on the Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions has been published with revising in the official gazette numbered 29003 on May 17, 2014. With this regulation, the three-steps process of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions process became even more clear. The dates of this period have been finalized with the publication of this
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The need to monitor the greenhouse gas emissions that have existed in Europe for many years has become compulsory with the regulation which is now in force in Turkey. In this context, the Regulation on the Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases (Regulation) was published with revising in the Official Gazette numbered 29003 on 17 May 2014. With
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The final version of the Unlicensed Electricity Generation Regulation, which has been renewed several times, was put into force in October 2013 and the necessary legislative infrastructure was completed for the establishment of small-scale electricity generation facilities based on renewable energy sources. After the Regulation, unlicensed Solar Power Plants (GES) applications in high numbers...
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The Regulation on the Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions that I mentioned in my previous articles, published in the Official Gazette which is dated 25.04.2012 and numbered 28274 has been published again with some revised articles in the gazette dated 17.05.2014, numbered 29003. There are a few important changes according to the previous regulation, I find
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Regulation on monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions was published in the official gazette dated 25.04.2012. I see the publication of this regulation as a turning point in Turkey’s work on climate change and I congratulate those who contributed to the preparation of the regulation. Because of the determination of the emission-causing sectors to monitor the...
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