Turkey's first Wind Power Monitoring and Forecasting Center (RITM) was introduced at a meeting held at the General Directorate of Renewable Energy.

The RITM project, which aims to ensure the efficient large-scale integration of wind power plants into the Turkish Electricity System, was introduced. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız, TUBITAK President Prof. Dr. Yücel Altunbaşak and representatives of the leading organizations of the sector attended the presentation meeting.

Taner Yıldız, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, said of the center where the electricity production of wind power plants can be predicted, "Now TEİAŞ will be able to make its calculations better. The more done, the more arguments are obtained, the more efficient it will be able to work. Our private sector representatives will also benefit more from this, they will be able to see their products."

Stating that Turkey's energy imports are around 60 billion dollars while its exports are around 8 billion dollars, Yıldız said that there is an import amount of 52 billion dollars, nearly half of which is used in the transportation sector.

Emphasizing that energy needs should be met from domestic and renewable resources as much as possible, Yıldız said, "We will search for oil, we will search for natural gas, we will increase the share of wind, solar, geothermal and water resources in energy production. We will grow these as much as possible."

Explaining that with the RITM Project, the production of wind power plants can be predicted in advance and consumption points will be planned accordingly, Yıldız said, "A similar process will be carried out for the sun. Let's do that together with TÜBİTAK. Let's utilize our domestic resources with our own people."

Stating that imported resources in energy will be reduced day by day, Taner Yıldız pointed out that natural gas imports decreased by 600 million dollars thanks to investments in wind energy. Yıldız said that wind energy is not only a source of profit for the private sector, but also for the public sector and therefore for everyone.
Minister Yıldız said that the national projects carried out with TUBITAK will continue with enthusiasm.

In his speech, Prof. Dr. Yücel Altunbaşak, President of TÜBİTAK, stated that Turkey is at a good point in the world and Europe in terms of wind energy potential, and that they foresee an investment of 26 billion dollars in this field until 2023.

Altunbaşak noted that Turkey's energy needs are increasing rapidly in parallel with the pace of development and that they expect a 90 percent increase in energy needs in 10 years.

Emphasizing that Turkey paid 60 billion dollars for energy imports last year, Altunbaşak said that this figure is projected to increase to 106 billion dollars in 2023. Pointing out that renewable energy should be one of the most important items on Turkey's agenda, Altunbaşak said, "We meet 32 percent of our energy needs from natural gas, 27 percent from oil and 15 percent from hard coal. We import almost all of these three sources. We do not have these raw materials in Turkey, but we have energy resources that we can use instead. We have sun, wind and water. If we increase the renewable energy source in electricity generation by 5 percent, 3 billion dollars will remain in Turkey in 2023."

Stating that wind is one step ahead of renewable energy sources in terms of ease of implementation, cost and payback period, Altunbaşak underlined that Turkey is at a good point in terms of potential in the world and Europe, and stated that they foresee an investment of 26 billion dollars in this field until 2023.

Stating that they aim to ensure the integration of WPPs into the Turkish Electricity System with the "Monitoring, Forecasting and Management System for Electrical Power Generated from Wind in Turkey" project, Altunbaşak continued as follows: "We are trying to estimate the electrical power to be generated from wind for 48 hours for each WPP in order to establish pricing in the free market. In the world
There are these systems in different countries, but we have developed a system that is both local and better. We did not prefer to buy it from others. The system we developed is national."

Production forecast up to 72 hours

The project aims to ensure the efficient large-scale integration of wind power plants into the Turkish Electricity System. In this context, the developed wind power monitoring and forecasting system will be expanded across Turkey. All wind power plants within the scope of the project
will be connected to the center to be established and their activities will be monitored from here. Through the center, production forecasts for the next 48 hours will be made with high accuracy. It is aimed to increase this period up to 72 hours. Forecasting production in advance will make significant contributions to businesses and security of supply.