Baker Hughes and Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO) has agreed to explore opportunities for EGS to help support Türkiye’s ambitions to scale lower carbon geothermal power and strengthen energy security.
The agreement, which was signed during COP 31 in Antalya, outlines a phased approach for industrialising next-gen geothermal development, which includes a country-wide assessment to evaluate EGS potential using date from TPAO and the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA).
Following this phase, Baker Hughes will support further de-risking of the assets through evaluation of well locations and designs to access their viability, followed by pilot drilling, and commercial-scale EGC development.
Baker Hughes Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Simonelli said, “COP 31 is an opportunity to move the conversation from ambition to action and demonstrate how our solutions can help deliver the reliable, lower-carbon energy our world needs. Enhanced geothermal systems have the potential to expand where geothermal energy can be developed, and our agreement with TPAO brings together the data, expertise and technology needed to advance that opportunity and unlock a new source of reliable, lower-carbon power that helps secure Türkiye’s future energy supply.”
Türkiye ranks as one of Europe’s largest geothermal power producer and fourth globally, with an installed capacity of approx. 1.8GW. The country’s geothermal power comes from conventional resources, but EGS can unlock new locations for development, helping Türkiye scale geothermal power and enable projects that deliver more reliable, baseload power to the grid.