Karsiyaka Municipality Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP)

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The “Assessment & Prioritization of Smart Climate Change Mitigation Technologies for Turkish Cities” Project, supported by the UK Welfare Fund (UKSPF) and led by GTE as the consortium leader, was completed in 2017, and a Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan was prepared for Karsiyaka Municipality.

Within the scope of the project, the Evaluation and Prioritization of Reduction Technologies Workshop was held and various reduction technologies and suitable options for Karsiyaka Municipality were evaluated. In 2018, the “Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Climate Change Roadmap” document, which was prepared under the leadership of GTE and prepared for Karsiyaka Municipality, was published.

Soma Urban Heating System

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The Soma Urban Heating System project, which GTE advises on emission reduction certification, has become the first in Turkey and one of the few projects in the world to receive the Gold Standard emission reduction certificate among district heating projects. The project was initiated by EÜAŞ and Soma Municipality in 2011, then Manisa Metropolitan Municipality and Soma Thermal Santral Elektrik Üretim A.Ş., which took over the power plant after privatization. was continued by Within the scope of the project, the heat obtained from the thermal power plant was used in urban heating, contributing to the improvement of the air quality in the region as well as reducing greenhouse gasses.

The system, which was used in 954 residential-equivalent (KE) buildings between January 2014 and May 2015, reduced approximately 60 thousand tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in its first year. Within the scope of the project, approximately 8 thousand subscribers were reached in 2018 and it is aimed to reach 22.000 KE buildings in total with new investments. It is foreseen that the annual greenhouse gas reduction to be achieved when the project reaches full capacity will be over 1 million tons.

Cukurova Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment

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“Cukurova Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment Project” carried out in cooperation with Cukurova Development Agency (CKA) and the World Bank was supported by Acclimatise Group Ltd, GTE and a team of Turkish risk assessment, risk management and sectoral experts. In the project, which was completed in 2018, it was aimed to evaluate the risks arising from natural hazards faced by the critical energy and transportation/logistics infrastructures in the Cukurova Region, to develop suggestions for increasing the resilience of the critical infrastructure and to direct the investments in this sense as a result of the project.

This study has shown that sea floods and heat waves, the effects of which are exacerbated as a result of climate change, are the most important natural hazards for critical energy and transportation/logistics facilities in the region, both today and in the future. Important principles have been determined for the national and regional policy makers and private sector actors in Turkey to increase the resilience of critical infrastructure.

Evaluation & Prioritization of Smart Reduction Technologies for Turkish Cities – Pilot Practice in Izmir Karsiyaka Municipality

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GTE Carbon’s application under the UK Department of Foreign Affairs (FCO) Welfare Fund was successful. A pilot study will be carried out in Izmir Karsiyaka Municipality, and the findings & acquired information will be shared in the project, with the ultimate aim of disseminating the use of smart greenhouse gas emission reduction technologies in selected municipalities in Turkey with the aim of supporting the acceleration of the implementation of climate change strategies and action plans developed at the city scale.

Within the scope of this project, which will be carried out under the direction of GTE Carbon, in partnership with the Carbon Trust and beneficiary of Karsiyaka Municipality, it is planned to carry out capacity building studies on the evaluation and prioritization of smart climate change mitigation technologies in cities in Turkey; In this context, it is aimed to determine a road map suitable for Karsiyaka Municipality and its conditions. The main outputs of the project are summarized as follows:

Output 1 – Inventory of Karsiyaka Municipality’s past work on climate change and sustainability (and greenhouse gas) and preparation of a reference status report.

Output 2 – Strengthening the knowledge, evaluation, and prioritization capacity of Karsiyaka Municipality personnel (and relevant city representatives from the Turquoise Cities project) regarding smart mitigation technologies.

Output 3 – Prioritizing the most appropriate smart mitigation technologies in the context of Karsiyaka Municipality & conducting feasibility studies for the most critical ones in terms of technology and economy.

Output 4 – Dissemination of project outputs & strengthening communication and cooperation between relevant Turkish and UK institutions around smart cities and related sub-topics.

Representatives of municipalities included in the Turquoise Cities project supported by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization will also be invited to the works within the scope of the project, which will be supported by the British Embassy Welfare Fund, thus ensuring the rapid dissemination of the acquired knowledge.

Green Airport and Carbon Management Good Practices

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The Green Airport project was supported by the UK Prosperity Fund. The Carbon Management Good Practices at Airports report, which includes emissions from airports, the steps of carbon management at airports and good practice examples, was published in 2013.

Airports’ determination of carbon emissions with inventories, determination of long-term steps to be taken with carbon management plans to reduce this effect, joint reduction studies carried out with airline companies, non-governmental organizations, and research institutions in order to reach these targets will contribute to the efficiency of airports and the Green Airport Project carried out in Turkey. took its place as one of the most important steps taken in this field.

Erzurum Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP)

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The “Climate Friendly Erzurum: Erzurum Province Carbon Management and Sustainable Energy Action Plan Preliminary Study” was carried out by GTE and completed in 2014, with the financial support of the Northeast Anatolian Development Agency and the leadership of Atatürk University Environmental Problems Research Center. The aim of the project is to minimize the amount of use of fuels such as coal, which contributes the most to air pollution in Erzurum, to expand the use of cleaner energy sources such as natural gas in the current situation, and to be a guide for renewable energy investments in the long term.

Within the scope of the project, the carbon footprint of Erzurum Province was calculated and reported according to international standards and guidelines. In addition, the preliminary study of the Emission Reduction Action Plan and Sustainable Energy Action Plan requested from the member cities by the European Covenant of Mayors has been prepared with the aim of being a guide for the city.