Turkey
Renewable electricity share in Turkey nears 50%
29 April 2024 - Renewable sources had a 49.3% share in Turkey last month. Minister Mehmet Şimşek said USD 100 billion would be invested within ten years.
Turkey’s first floating solar power plant installed on irrigation reservoir
27 March 2024 - DSI placed a 1 MW floating photovoltaic plant on a dam reservoir in Elazığ in Eastern Anatolia to power the irrigation system
Turkey introduces import tariffs for solar panels
27 March 2024 - Importers of solar power panels from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Croatia and Jordan to Turkey will be charged USD 25 per square meter
Turkey expects several more gas, oil discoveries
21 March 2024 - Turkey is preparing three gas exploration projects in the Black Sea this year. Minister Alparslan Bayraktar is optimistic
Kacır: Turkey is No. 1 producer of solar panels in Europe
29 February 2024 - Turkey will continue incentives for renewables and roll out an emissions trading system, Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır said
Germany spearheads wind power development in Europe in 2023
28 February 2024 - Germany is spearheading wind power expansion in Europe, while Greece and Turkey have the strongest performances in the Balkans
Turkish company Zorlu Energy initiates IPO of its renewables subsidiary
23 February 2024 - Zorlu Renewables, the largest geothermal power plant operator in Turkey, is preparing for a stock market debut
Turkish geothermal-heated greenhouse firm wants to beat Netherlands in food exports
06 February 2024 - Istanbul-based firm Yediyol completed the first phase of its geothermal-heated greenhouse project of an overall 100 hectares
Turkey to enable wind, solar power projects on lakes
05 February 2024 - Turkey's parliament is about to vote on a proposition to allow solar and wind power projects on lakes, reservoirs and seas
Renewables had 99.5% share in new capacity in 2023 in Turkey
23 January 2024 - Minister Alparslan Bayraktar called 2023 "the year of renewables" in Turkey as they accounted for 99.5% of added power capacity
Exergy to deliver 8 MW geothermal power plant to Emirler in Turkey
19 January 2024 - Italian company Exergy International will supply an 8 MW geothermal binary plant to Emirler Enerji in Turkey
Turkey’s largest wind power plant to add battery storage
15 January 2024 - Polat Enerji said an energy storage system would lower balancing costs for its wind park Soma, the largest in Turkey