Dear Members and Stakeholders,
The Energy Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (ENSIA), with its vision of “transforming Turkey into an international hub producing equipment, technology, and projects in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency,” represents over 50,000 jobs in our sector with our 124 Corporate Members.
We bring together strong companies from many different cities across Turkey, from Izmir and Istanbul to Mersin and Adana, Kocaeli and Malatya, under one roof.
One of the most active civil society organizations in its sector and having been awarded the “Bronze Label” by the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA), ENSIA has the expert staff to simultaneously manage three European Union projects and one International Competitiveness Development (URG) project.
Our “ENSIA Young” organization, which brings together young engineers who want to pursue their careers in the clean energy sector, has reached a level of pride for everyone and continues its work at many universities. Our sector’s most critical need stands out as a highly trained engineer and intermediate workforce. With its organizations at public and foundation universities, ENSIA Genç paves the way for our prospective engineers to pursue careers in this field.
With our Board of Directors and competent staff focused on being an NGO that creates value for the clean energy sector and its members, we will continue to share our sector’s problems, demands, and expectations with the public and decision-makers. The purpose of civil society organizations is to create value for their members.
We continue to grow every day with our members operating in every link of the renewable and clean energy, energy efficiency, hydrogen technologies, sustainability, and green transformation chain.
I extend my sincere gratitude to our Honorary Presidents, Mr. Hüseyin Vatansever and Mr. Alper Kalaycı, who pioneered the establishment and growth of this large family.
Our goal is to increase the international competitiveness of our companies operating in the clean energy sector, develop their capacity, strengthen our technological and human capital in this field, and strive to address the sector’s shortcomings and be a part of the solution.
Dear Members,
Our paradise of a country, Turkey, is among the most fortunate countries in the world when considering its potential for wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass energy. There are very few countries in the world that possess the highest resources and potential for all clean energy sources, and that create economic value from all of these resources.
As Turkey, we have the opportunity to be a producer of all our clean energy resources. The region of our country that is least efficient in solar energy performs much better than the most efficient region in Germany. Despite this, Germany’s installed wind energy capacity is six times greater than Turkey’s.
If we were to activate our potential in wind and solar energy alone, we could meet the energy needs of four countries in Turkey. Energy also plays a significant role in the current account deficit, a chronic problem for the Turkish economy. If we start producing this energy instead of importing it, our current account deficit will be significantly eliminated. Therefore, we don’t have to look far for a cure.
With the wind blowing over our lands and seas, the sun shining overhead, the sun shining beneath our feet—geothermal and biomass energy—and green hydrogen, the sole key to making our country a net energy exporter, we can create solutions to the structural problems of the Turkish economy.
As ENSIA’s Board of Directors, we will continue to develop our stance as an association that maintains an equal distance and closeness to all stakeholders; respects public authorities; does not hesitate to share constructive suggestions and ideas with our counterparts; considers every company investing in our country as “local”; believes that domestic energy should be produced with domestic equipment; takes the initiative to attract new main and sub-industry investments to our sector; and works to develop new, lasting, and trust-based collaborations between you, our valued members and stakeholders.
And the words of our great leader, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who is a source of inspiration for all of us, will always be our guide:
“THOSE WHO SET OUT ON THE ROAD WITHOUT REST NEVER GET TIRED.”
With love and respect…
