Istanbul-based firm Yediyol completed the first phase of its geothermal-heated greenhouse project of an overall 100 hectares. It vowed to “shake the Netherlands’ throne in agricultural exports.” At the same time, OET, a startup in neighboring Greece, is making greenhouses equipped with flexible and semitransparent solar panels.
Turkey is a superpower when it comes to geothermal energy and renewables overall. For instance, at the end of 2023, it hosted geothermal power plants with just under 1.7 GW in total capacity. On the other hand, the capacity was almost unchanged from one year before, when it was bigger than the rest of Europe combined. On the world chart, Turkey trails only the United States and Indonesia. The country also increasingly relies on geothermal-heated greenhouses.
Agrotermal, a subsidiary of Yediyol Holding from Istanbul, planted all the seedlings in its new facility on five hectares. It is part of a geothermal-heated greenhouse project of 100 hectares in total. The site is in the Konya Tuzlukçu district in central Turkey.
The existing greenhouse is set to employ one thousand workers, of which almost all will be women. Water consumption is minimal, according to the developer.
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