Kategori : ELECTRICITY ENERGY NEWS, ENERGY AGENDA NEWS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY NEWS - Tarih : 07 July 2021
Ernest & Young (EY) consulting firm has published a global study today that reveals an investment opportunity of US$ 2 trillion with 13,000 renewable energy projects ready for installation worldwide. These groundbreaking projects have the potential to provide an additional 1 Terawatt of renewable energy generation capacity in total.
“This new report reveals the true potential of accelerating investment in renewable energy through global collaboration between governments and the private sector. It maps out investment-grade projects that are ‘ready to break ground’ that can enable a green recovery post-COVID-19,” says EY Global Energy Leader Serge Colle. .
According to the research, the stock of projects currently in the plans has the potential to create close to 10 million new jobs locally and in the supply chain. As the research covers 47 countries, it reveals only a fraction of the overall global opportunities, which are actually much larger.
These projects also make a concrete and realistic contribution to the “Zero Emissions in 2050: Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector” published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) last May. centralizes its target and ensures that the emission reduction target until 2030 is met for the countries under consideration.
Concurrent with the global research, in-depth analyzes at the national level focusing on the UK, Turkey and South Africa are also offered. With this research, for the first time, a green recovery projection is made for Turkey after COVID-19.
According to the research, the current project stock consisting of 238 projects that will build an additional 9.2 GW of renewable energy capacity in Turkey represents an investment opportunity of $19.4 billion that will support 110 thousand new employments. At the same time, this provides an opportunity to create a strong renewable energy supply chain that has the potential to create industrial clusters that will accelerate the recovery of the Turkish economy and put the transformation of coal regions on the agenda.
It is stated that renewable energy projects will contribute to a green economic recovery in Turkey with a much higher employment rate when compared to fossil fuel-based sectors such as coal. It is revealed that renewable energy projects that are ready for installation have the employment potential of 110 thousand new employment opportunities, twice the employment provided by the existing coal mining.
These opportunities in the field of renewable energy support the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions report and the call for a complete end to new oil, coal and natural gas fields. While revenues from oil and natural gas have decreased by approximately 70%, it is emphasized once again that there is no need for new coal-fired power plant investments worldwide by 2021, by revealing the investment and employment potential of ready-to-install renewable energy projects.
