Turkey Wants Black Sea Power Cable to Romania
Turkey is seeking to build an undersea electricity cable across the Black Sea to Romania, boosting clean energy links between the two countries.
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Turkey wants to build a submarine electricity cable across the Black Sea to connect with Romania, according to Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar. The announcement came at the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, as reported by G4Media via Rador.
The planned cable would form part of a wider clean energy corridor involving Georgia, Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, with Romania included in discussions about the undersea connection. Bayraktar said the agreement signed with those countries represents one of the projects under the strategic partnership on clean energy.
He explained that the aim is to move more electricity from east to west and from north to south, and that Romania is part of those talks. The minister noted that Turkey is discussing the cable with the same partner countries as well as with Romania.
Bayraktar also said Turkey plans to increase its electricity interconnection capacity with neighbouring countries from 5.4 gigawatts to 15 gigawatts. This would strengthen supply security, boost regional trade in renewable electricity and speed up the energy transition.
He described the global goal of raising electricity's share of final energy consumption to 35% by 2035 as extremely important and ambitious for economies. The Black Sea cable would help Turkey and its partners meet that target.
