Reuters cited Turkey's energy minister as saying that state power companies in Turkey and United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement to invest in a USD 12 billion project to produce electricity in Turkey's Afsin-Elbistan region.
The companies in a joint news conference said that the Afsin-Elbistan project will provide the region in Turkey's south to east with 8,000 MW of power at full capacity.Initial operation is to start in 2018 and the full project be completed in 2021.
Turkey's state owned Electricity Generation Company and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company in November signed a protocol regarding electricity production in the region,which includes a coal mine.
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