Nuclear Power in Open Energy Markets: A case study of Turkey

Erkan Erdoğdu ()

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Abstract: For many decades, like many developed countries, Turkey has controlled her electricity sector as a state-owned monopoly. However, faced with rapid electricity demand growth, Turkey started to consider nuclear option. The present paper aims at evaluating both the present status of nuclear power in general and its implications for Turkish energy market in particular. After examining existing nuclear power technology and providing a brief overview of nuclear power economics; it focuses on the repercussions of nuclear power for Turkish energy market. The paper concludes that, in the short run, it may be considered to keep nuclear power within Turkish energy mix because it is an important carbon-free source of power that can potentially make a significant contribution to both Turkey's future electricity supply and efforts to strengthen Turkey's security of supply. However, in the long term, nuclear power should be retained in Turkey only if it has a lower cost than competing technologies.

Keywords: Turkish energy market; Nuclear power; Electricity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Published in Energy Policy 5.35(2007): pp. 3061-3073

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