Turkey plans to establish 10,000 hectares of geothermal greenhouses in the next 10 years

Turkey, the leader of Europe and the fourth country in the world in terms of geothermal resource wealth, is preparing to have a say in the world with its geothermal greenhouse applications. Geothermal greenhouses, which play a vital role in accessing healthy and cost-effective food, are being established in many parts of Turkey; The energy costs of greenhouses are minimized with geothermal, which is a domestic, clean, and sustainable resource. Giving information about geothermal greenhouse applications in Turkey, Geothermal Energy Association (JED) Chairman of the Board Ali Kinap stated that the geothermal greenhouse area, which is around 450 hectares in the country, is far below the country's potential and said, "With the right policies and incentive mechanisms, we can easily reach nationwide a greenhouse area of 10,000 hectares in 10 years. This way, we can provide more than 100,000 new jobs in agriculture and facilitate access to healthy and cheap food. For this, we need to ...