Turkey seeks to produce biomethane from animal waste to cut natural gas imports
Turkey has built a prototype of a device for upgrading animal waste biogas into biomethane, a renewable alternative to natural gas.
Turkey becomes 6th country in Europe to reach 100 GW in electricity capacity
Turkey became the 14th country in the world to cross the 100 GW level in combined power plant capacity – most additions are from renewables.
Turkey completes solar power auction for 300 MW
Turkey held an auction for 300 MW in solar power within the YEKA GES-4, of 1 GW in total. Smart Güneş Teknolojileri was the lowest bidder.
Half of open-cast coal mines in Turkey could be transformed into solar parks to power 6.9 million homes
The country’s solar capacity could be boosted by 170 percent, enough to power 6.9 million more homes
Turkish aluminum producer Tosyalı launches world’s biggest rooftop solar project
In cooperation with Huawei and SolarAPEX, aluminum producer Tosyalı is building solar power systems of an overall 140 MW on roofs at all its facilities
Turkey to grant 40% to farmers for solar power systems – report
The Turkish government will launch a support scheme for farmers who want to install solar power plants, according to a local media report
Hybrid power plants dominate Turkey’s new 2.8 GW grid capacity allocation
Turkey allocated almost 2.8 GW in transmission grid capacity for renewables. Over 1.3 GW is for the establishment of hybrid power plants
Istanbul expands waste-to-energy capacity to cover electricity needs of two million people
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality produced 844 GWh of power in waste incinerators and from landfill gas last year
