Turkey outlines plans for 'paradigm shift' in energy use ahead of climate summit

Turkey's energy minister presented the National Energy Plan 2040 to transition away from coal and fossil fuels

Turkey is Europe's largest coal power generator according to Ember

Coal accounted for 33% of Turkey's power generation last year, with solar and wind at nearly 23%

Turkey aims for 36% electrification and a 40% reduction in emissions by 2040

last year: Coal accounted for 33% of Turkey's power generation, with solar and wind at nearly 23% · recently: Turkey started drilling gas reserves in the Black Sea · Friday: Bayraktar revealed the National Energy Plan 2040 to reporters · next week: World leaders due to arrive in Antalya for COP31 · by 2040: Turkey aims for 36% electrification, energy independence, and doubled gas production · by 2053: Turkey's target date for reaching net zero emissions

33% coal's share of power generation · 23% solar and wind share of generation · 36% electrification target · $500 billion investment needed · 500,000 to 20 million electric cars

How Turkey will make coal miners into high-tech or AI experts during the transition, as posed by the minister himself