BIG Sustainability Award

BOTAŞ has received an award in the "Sustainable Leadership" category of the BIG-Sustainability Awards for its energy efficiency works within the scope of TS EN ISO 50001 Energy Management System.

BIG-Sustainability Awards 2020 Winners Announced

The BIG-Sustainability Awards have been organized by the US-based Business Intelligence Group, founded in 2012, with the participation of the largest companies in their field worldwide, every year since 2016.

The 2020 winners of the BIG-Sustainability Awards organized by Business Intelligence Group have been announced.

Pride Of Türkiye In Sustainable Leadership Category

As it continues its projects and activities with the principle of “We are changing Türkiye’s air”, BOTAŞ,  a leading organization in Türkiye and an important onesin the world in the energy sector with its sensitivity to the environment and energy efficiency for future generations,, has achieved another major success.

In the 2020 list of BIG-Sustainability Awards organized by Business Intelligence Group, BOTAŞ became Türkiye's pride in the category of "Sustainable Leadership". BOTAŞ has received an awar in the "Sustainable Leadership" category for its energy efficiency works within the scope of TS EN ISO 50001 Energy Management System.

BOTAŞ's Sustainability Activities

Within the scope of energy efficiency works launched in December 2018 at BOTAŞ;

• In order to raise awareness, a large number of trainings were given to the staff of the corporation, and  "Energy Management and Energy Efficiency Workshop" was organized.
• Old cooling/heating/ventilation systems in all builidings of the corporation were replaced with high energy efficiency class equipment.
• Old lighting equipment in all buildings of the corporation were replaced with led lighting with high energy efficiency.
• Electric motors located at pumping stations were replaced with energy-efficient motors; maintenance and repair of the pumps not curently in use was carried out.
• The highest energy consumption throughout the corporation is due to compressors used in natural gas transmission. With the optimization studies carried out there, approximately 34% saving was achieved in the energy consumption of the compressors.
• Sheathing was applied in buildings, doors and windows were replaced with thermally insulated ones.
• Solar panels were installed on the roof of the Headquarter building and at oil pipeline valve stations.

SPP(Solar Power Plant) with a capacity of 1MW was installed in Tuz Gölü Under-Ground Natural Gas Storage Facility. In addition, installation works for SPP with a capacity of 7.4 MW and a WPP (Wind Power Plant) with a capacity of 5 MW have started.

Energy Savings Achieved

With these works; when  the change over the years in the total amount of energy consumption consisting of the consumption of energy sources such as natural gas, electricity and fueloil is studied; it is observed that , the total consumption of approximately 373 thousand TOE (Tons of Oil Equivalent) in 2017 decreased by approximately 28.1% by the end of 2019 and 105 thousand TOE energy was saved.

In this way;

562.7 thousand tons of carbon emissions are prevented and this number is the equivalent of 80 thousand trees.

In addition;

The use of 114.75 million Sm3 natural gas or 488.3 thousand tons of coal or the use of 105 thousand tons of oil equivalent natural resources was prevented.