State and Prospects of Russia–Turkey Energy Relations

... growth slowed down considerably in 2015 compared to the previous year (3 per cent in 2015 against more than 10 per cent in 2014), while still remaining among the highest rates in Europe [2] . The 2016 figures will show how stable the new trends are. Turkey’s energy balance is fairly diversified, oil, gas and coal account for about 30 per cent each, while the remaining 10 per cent is distributed equally among renewable sources: hydropower, biofuels and waste, and newer renewable energy sources (solar, wind and geothermal power). In the recent years,...