Limak commissions part of Turkey’s second-largest solar power plant
Limak Renewable Energy has begun to generate electricity from 60 MW out of its Erzin-1 solar power plant of 140 MW in peak capacity
Turkey selects its first offshore wind power zones
Studies are underway for four maritime areas that Turkey intends to declare offshore wind power zones under the YEKA support mechanism
Erdogan inaugurates 34 hydropower plants
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated 34 recently hydropower plants with an estimated annual output of 2.3 TWh in total
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.
Turkey to hold solar power auctions in early 2022 for 1.5 GW of capacity
Investors can apply on January 12 to compete for power purchase agreements for future solar power units of 10 MW, 20 MW and 30 MW
Turkey opens integrated solar cell factory within USD 1.4 billion project
Kalyon and China’s CETC built a manufacturing complex in Ankara for all components for solar power panels. The factory worth USD 400 million will supply the products to the company’s 1 GW photovoltaic project in Karapınar in central Turkey. Total investment is planned to reach USD 1.4 billion. Production officially started at Kalyon Group’s facility […]
Electricity consumers in Turkey to get renewables-only tariff option
Starting in August, businesses and households in Turkey will be able to buy electricity generated exclusively from renewables and the state has drafted rules for guarantees of origin so that power producers can prove the source. The government in Ankara scheduled tendering for solar power plants with an overall capacity of 1 GW for October. […]
Turkey to schedule 1 GW solar tender for third quarter
Turkey plans to complete the tendering procedure for 1 GW in solar power in the next quarter, Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez said during the online Turkey Energy Summit. The tendering procedure was first planned for January 2019, but it was later pushed back to April of this year, and then […]