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4.10. Pasture, Meadow, Grassland, Summer Pasture, Winter Pasture
Within the scope of the Pasture Law No. 4342, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry carried
out pasture surveys on an area of 13,147,701 ha.

Meadow Pasture Improvement and Management Projects are implemented by the Ministry
of Agriculture and Forestry in order to increase the grazing capacity of pastures, summer pas-
tures and winter pastures by improving their grazing capacity, improving the quality of grass,
preventing erosion by applying soil conservation measures. In this context, a total of 2,957
Meadow Pasture Improvement and Management Projects have been implemented on an area
of 22,011,202 decares so far.

5. Energy

5.1. Renewable Energy Sources
Population growth, Urbanization and industrialisation phenomena, increasing trade opportu-
nities as a result of globalisation are gradually increasing the demand for natural resources and
energy. Among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) count-
ries, Türkiye is one of the countries with the fastest increase in energy demand in the last 10
years. Projections made by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources indicate that this trend
will continue in the medium and long term.

The strategies and policies of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources are based on the
principles of energy supply security, alternative energy resources, resource diversification, brin-
ging domestic resources into the economy, sustainability, liberalisation of energy markets and
energy efficiency.
As of the end of 2022, Türkiye’s installed capacity of electrical energy has reached 103,809 MW,
of which 54.3% is renewable energy and 45.7% is other sources. Efforts are underway to maximi-
se the use of hydraulic energy, which constitutes the majority of the renewable installed capa-
city. Within the scope of these efforts, the installed capacity of hydraulic energy reached 31,571
MW by the end of 2022.

The share of natural gas in electricity generation decreased from 33.2% at the end of 2021 to
22.9% at the end of 2022. 20.3% of the total electricity generation was generated from hydroele-
ctric power plants, 13.7% from lignite coal, 20.9% from imported coal, 10.6% from wind, 5.1% from
solar and 3.4% from geothermal sources.

Map -5 Solar Energy Potential (General Directorate of Energy Affairs (GDEA), 2024); https://gepa.enerji.gov.tr/

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