Turkey
Turkey’s development bank gets USD 170 million green loan from Japan
05 April 2021 - JBIC co-financed a EUR 170 million line for TKYB within the program to promote Japanese environmentally-friendly technologies
Turkey has green hydrogen potential of 1.6 million tons per year
31 March 2021 - Turkey can produce up to 1.6 million tons of hydrogen per year with power supply from renewables, substituting 5% of total final energy consumption
Turkey’s Garanti BBVA bank to stop financing coal projects
31 March 2021 - Garanti BBVA, the fifth-largest bank in Turkey vowed to cleanse the loan portfolio of the remaining coal mines and plants by 2040
Demand reaches record in solar power auctions for 1 GW in Turkey
16 March 2021 - Companies responded to a call for the development of solar power plants across Turkey with 9.6 times more bids than available lots
Galatasaray, Enerjisa to install world’s largest solar power plant on stadium
11 March 2021 - The Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex Türk Telekom Arena Stadium will generate its own energy with solar panels that will be installed on its roof.
Turkey preparing USD 11 billion for energy efficiency by 2023
05 March 2021 - Turkey plans to lower its primary energy consumption by 14% with nearly USD 11 billion in investment earmarked for energy efficiency by 2023
German AE Solar to open solar panel factory in Turkey in April
17 February 2021 - AE Solar plans to boost the capacity of its solar module plant in Kayseri in central Turkey to 1 GW by the end of the year.
Zorlu to expand Alaşehir geothermal power plant with 3.6 MW solar unit
10 February 2021 - Zorlu Energy will turn its 45 MW geothermal power plant in Alaşehir into one of...
Turkey’s İş Leasing secures EUR 40 million for green investments
10 February 2021 - Companies will have the opportunity to finance investments in resource efficiency and small scale renewables.
Turkey expands renewables capacity in gigawatts rather than megawatts
08 February 2021 - The Lower Kaleköy HPP, with an installed capacity of 500 MW, is the first hybrid power plant that combines hydro and solar in Turkey.
Coal pollution in Turkey brings annual health costs of up to EUR 10.9 billion
08 February 2021 - Air pollution from coal power plants in Turkey kills almost 5,000 people prematurely and leads to 3,000 preterm births every year
Record 4.8 GW of new plants in 2020 boosts Turkey’s renewables capacity to 49 GW
26 January 2021 - Half of the additional renewable energy capacity last year came from hydropower plants, while wind, solar, and biomass accounted for the rest.
CMS Turkey: Waste management in Turkey
19 January 2021 - Overview of waste management in Turkey summarizing the legislation and practice by Umut Korkmaz of CMS law office in Istanbul, Turkey.
Turkey to launch solar tenders for 1 GW within two months – energy minister
11 January 2021 - Turkey will launch 74 tendering procedures under the Renewable Energy Resource Zones (YEKA) in the next two months
Güriş installs 50 MW geothermal power plant in Turkey in record time
31 December 2020 - Güriş Holding installed and commissioned its EFE 8 geothermal power plant in only 38 days. The 50 MW unit will have an annual output of 400 GWh.
Sabancı Holding investing USD 450 million in wind farms in Turkey
23 December 2020 - Sabancı Holding aims to lift its power generation capacity to 4.15 GW by 2023 with wind power projects of 565 MW in the pipeline