Turkey to Investigate and Invest in Offshore Renewables

Here's an article from, of all places, Al Jazeera that reports that
Turkey will invest in utilising wind energy. (April 14, 2004).
As the article reports, having secured World Bank backing, Turkey has now decided to make a half billion dollar investment in wind and wave power:

With more than 8000km of coastline, and many of its coastal regions enjoying constant breezes, Turkey appears to be a natural candidate for renewable energy projects.

And Turkey has another incentive to invest in renewables as well: The European Union has set a target of 12 percent of member state's energy needs being met by alternative power sources by 2010 and wind and wave project can help Turkey comply with that goal.