  Turkey to Investigate and Invest in Offshore Renewables Here's an article from, of all places, Al Jazeera that reports that Turkey will invest in utilising wind energy .
(April 14, 2004). As the article reports, having secured World Bank backing, Turkey has now decided to make a half billion dollar investment in wind and wave power: With more than 8000km of coastline, and many of its coastal regions enjoying constant breezes, Turkey appears to be a natural candidate for renewable energy projects. And Turkey has another incentive to invest in renewables as well: The European Union has set a target of 12 percent of member state's energy needs being met by alternative power sources by 2010 and wind and wave project can help Turkey comply with that goal. 
