"KOP Region Geothermal Resources Assessment Project" carried out by Konya Plain Project Regional Development Administration (KOP RDA) and TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE was completed. With the project, all existing geothermal resources in the region and the related sectors in which the resources are used were analyzed in order to effectively use the geothermal resources in the KOP Region and thus serve regional development. In this direction, firstly, the current situation of geothermal resources in the world and in Turkey has been analyzed and examples of good practices from the world and Turkey have been included. Then, each of the provinces in the KOP Region (Aksaray, Karaman, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Konya, Nevşehir, Niğde and Yozgat) has been subjected to technical and sectoral analysis in terms of geothermal resource utilization and potential. The utilization of geothermal potential in these provinces has been analyzed separately in the energy, agriculture and tourism focus sectors. In these sectoral analyses, field studies, workshops and one-on-one interviews were included in addition to secondary source review. Thus, the data on the region was enriched and the project was enriched with both quantitative and qualitative data.
Within the scope of the technical studies carried out within the scope of the project, samples were taken from 65 thermal water sources in the KOP Region, the contents of these waters in 30 parameters, information on the general geology, stratigraphy and tectonic characteristics of the region were examined, and studies in academic publications were compiled.
Following the gathering and interpretation of all the studies and analyses, improvement and new investment proposals and action plans have been put forward in the fields of energy, industrial applications, agricultural applications, tourism and health applications for the use of geothermal resources in the region. In addition, an Investor Guide was prepared for investors who want to utilize the geothermal resources in the region, including the procedures to be followed in the investment processes and the potential investment areas of the region.
To access the 'Investor Guide' published within the scope of the KOP Region Geothermal Resources Assessment Project and province-based assessment reports on the current situation and capacities of Aksaray, Kırşehir, Konya, Nevşehir, Niğde and Yozgat provinces Click here.
For the project brochure Click here.
