Turkey targets total investments of $500 billion in energy infrastructure in its new energy plan to 2040, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, said on Thursday, as the country looks to boost its energy independence and eventually become energy independent. In recent years, Turkey has been paying up to $70 billion to import energy, including coal, oil, and gas. The new energy plan looks to slash the import bill while strengthening the homegrown resources, including gas in the Black Sea and a fourfold jump in installed solar…