‘Winter Time Application’ Statement from the Minister of Energy

‘, which came into force with the decision taken in 2016,permanent summer time‘ application continues to be discussed since the day it entered our lives. The application, which was introduced for reasons such as saving energy and benefiting more from daylight, caused problems such as synchronization problems in technological infrastructures, widening the time difference between countries, and people waking up in the pitch dark.

Today, after the debates that have come to the fore again in recent days, Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez An explanation has come. Dönmez, in his statement at the Turkey Energy Summit, announced that they have saved a total of 6.82 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity since the start of the permanent daylight saving time. This savings its monetary equivalent is 6 billion TL. stated.

“The European Union has also agreed to end the seasonal time change”

Dönmez, with this explanation on March 26, 2019 He also announced that the proposal of the European Union to put an end to the seasonal time change application was accepted.

This proposal, which was accepted by a vote in the European Parliament, would eliminate the seasonal time change in all European Union countries. However, the Council of Europe has not yet started to discuss this issue. It is this change It shows that it will not enter into force in the EU anytime soon.

“The 2023 target in renewable energy has already been reached”

Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez talked about renewable energy in Turkey as well as the permanent daylight saving time. Dönmez stated that the installed power in renewable energy reached approximately 53 thousand megawatts as of the end of October. In addition, the share of renewable energy sources in electricity generation exceeded 42% in 2019 and 2020, The 2023 target has already been reached. expressed.