Turkey to open six hydro plants in 2009

摘要

Turkey's General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSi) announced it plans to start producing electricity at six hydroelectric plants in 2009.rnThe authority said the projects would produce 2.03 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year. Separately, the private sector is carrying on construction of 34 hydropower plants, which are to produce 3.86 billion kWh a year. A statement by DSi said construction of 16 dams is to be completed this year.rnEnvironment Minister Veysel Eroglu, who supervises the water authority, told a news conference the global economic crisis would not delay the government's drive to boost energy output.