“Meeting on Energy Academy Program Cooperation Protocol” Held in Soma
August 5, 2022
The first meeting of the "Energy Academy Program Cooperation Protocol"
signed between the Council of Higher Education (CoHE) and the Electricity
Generation Corporation (EÜAŞ) with the aim of creating domestic and
national resources in the energy sector was held at EÜAŞ Facilities in
Soma, Manisa.
The meeting was held within the scope of the protocol signed on June 9,
2022. CoHE Deputy President Prof. Cevahir Uzkurt, CoHE Executive Board
Member Prof. Ömer Açıkgöz, EÜAŞ General Manager Dr. İzzet Alagöz, vice
general managers, department heads, the rectors and vice rectors of some
universities and faculty members from related fields, especially
electrical-electronic engineering departments of universities, attended the
meeting.
During the meeting, the participants discussed the objectives of developing
national technologies with high added value in the field of energy,
increasing the share of national technologies in the energy sector,
developing the human resources of EÜAŞ in terms of knowledge, skills and
competence, and conducting R&D-based graduate programs.
- “Owning the technologies to process the energy resources is as
important as owning these resources.”
CoHE Deputy President Prof. Cevahir Uzkurt spoke at the opening of the
meeting. He emphasized that concrete steps towards the realization of
university-industry cooperation were important, and that having the
technologies to process underground and surface wealth was as important as
having these resources. Uzkurt also stated that this study could pave the
way for the establishment of energy-themed R&D Centers.
- “We should be an exporting country, not an importer country in
electricity production.”
EÜAŞ General Manager Dr. İzzet Alagöz thanked CoHE for its cooperation in
the energy field, which is critical for our country. He mentioned that we
should be an exporting country, not a technology importing country in
electricity production, and stated that the topic of energy should be
considered not for today, but for the future.
- Visit to Soma A Thermal Power Plant
In the second session of the meeting, a technical visit was organized to
Soma A Thermal Power Plant. During the visit, the priority problem areas of
the Electricity Generation Corporation in energy were discussed and
consultations were held to identify the new technologies needed and to
determine the future projects.