Publications
This report presents a summary of the main findings from the activity “Institutional Review of Energy Efficiency in Turkey,” which was financed by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) together with the World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia Region. The team was led by Jas Singh (Senior Energy Specialist and Task Team Leader) and included Dilip Limaye (Lead Consultant), Yeşim Akcollu (Senior Energy Specialist), Yasemin Örücü (Energy Specialist), and Önder Algedik (Local Consultant). The final report was written by Jas Singh and Dilip Limaye. The team would like to acknowledge contributions and valuable feedback provided by Kari Nyman, Ashok Sarkar, Jonathan Sinton, Ivan Jaques, Shinya Nishimura, Selcuk Ruscuklu, and Ranjit Lamech. The team also greatly acknowledges the close cooperation and support from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) and its General Directorate for Renewable Energy (GDRE), including Dr. Selahattin Çimen, Mr. Yusuf Yazar, Mr. Erdal Çalıkoğlu, Mr. Halil İbrahim Gündoğan, and Mr. Murat Becerikli, and the many government and private sector representatives interviewed as part of this effort. The report also benefitted from a stakeholder workshop held on 21 May 2014 in Ankara, where representatives from numerous government agencies, banks, private companies, and other donors provided feedback, shared their experiences, and discussed many of the models and options. Inputs were also provided by representatives from Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie (ADEME) from France, the Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) from Germany, the Bureau for Energy Efficiency (BEE) from India, the Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO) from the Republic of Korea, and the Energy Saving Trust from the United Kingdom. Additional feedback and support were provided by the Agence Française de Développement (AfD), German development bank KfW, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A Roundtable discussion was also held on 21 January 2015 at MENR to discuss and debate some of the report’s findings and recommendations.
