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Turkey to start mixing

hydrogen in gas grid

TURKEY TURKEY is reportedly preparing to start blend- cover two- to three-year tests targeting around
ing hydrogen into its gas distribution network 20 homes and some industrial consumers start-
The project is still following the successful completion of labora- ing from 2022.
at an early phase of tory tests in recent months. Gazbir and research arm Gazmer have per-
development. Mehmet Serif Sarikaya, the projects and formed a series of blending tests in a laboratory
international relations manager of the distri- over the last year, after which a roadmap was
bution association Gazbir, told Independent published in March.
Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) on A clean energy centre, meanwhile, has been
April 12 that distribution companies would launched in Konya, central Anatolia. Its focus
apply for permission for blending to the reg- will be hydrogen and biogas.
ulator EPDK in July. If permission is granted, Observers expect a wider national hydrogen
Izmir Gas would be looking to start blending strategy to be published by the government in
hydrogen into the system in the western Izmir the first quarter of 2022 at the latest.
industrial region. Turkey is seen as having major potential to
Meanwhile, Aksa Natural Gas, another produce electrolysed hydrogen produced from
important distribution company would be renewable energy. Its installed hydro capacity is
expected to do similar tests for households, with at around 30GW, with wind capacity approach-
the scale of the project to be determined in rela- ing 9GW and total licensed and unlicensed solar
tion to the level of funding offered by the regula- capacity approaching 7GW.
tor, the ministry of energy or the private sector, Turkey’s wind potential is estimated by the
ICIS reported. ministry of energy at 48GW. Thus, Turkey could
Sarikaya was cited as saying that an estimated further expand its renewable fleet to contribute
Turkish lira (TL) 30m (€3m) would be needed to to the production of hydrogen. ™

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