The TANAP is the central part of the Southern Gas Corridor, which connects the Shah Deniz gas field in Azerbaijan to Europe through the South Caucasus Pipeline (in Azerbaijan and Georgia) and Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP, from Greece to Albania and Italy).

The country's installed capacity stood at 99,820 MW at the end of 2021, with 46% of thermal, 32% of hydro, 11% of wind, 8% of solar and 4% of biomass, geothermal, and waste heat.

Some 97% of Turkey's electricity generation capacity that came into operation last year was from renewable energy plants.

Turkey's total installed power in electricity has reached 99,819 megawatts as of the end of 2021, of which 7,815 megawatts came supplied by solar power plants (SPP),

The country's installed capacity reached 99.8 GW by the end of 2021 (up from over 96 GW in late 2020).

Exports had grown substantially in 2021: over the 11 months of this year, Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Turkey were 83.7 per cent higher than in the same period of 2020.

The bank opened two credit lines (in the amount of $500 million and $300 million) for a period of seven years, Sberbank said on 17 November. The funds will be used for the construction of the plant’s four VVER-1200 reactors.

Russia is the world's seventh-largest producer of uranium, with an output of 2,846 t in 2020. The country's uranium reserves reach 256,000 t.

"It is impossible for those who have the slightest sensitivity in their hearts about the economic independence of Turkey and the well-being of the Turkish nation to oppose nuclear energy."

Gazprom’s gas supplies to Turkey soared by 125.3% year-on-year between Jan. 1-Oct. 15, the data showed, while exports to Germany and Italy were up 28.2% and 16.3.% from a year ago, respectively.