Featured in More than just a number – 03-2018

License to build

Turkey’s PV market: Turkey racked up impressive solar PV growth in 2017, installing 1.79 GW of new photovoltaic capacity. But is this growth sustainable? And what is expected to happen in 2018 and the years that follow? pv magazine sets the scene across all the relevant segments of the Turkish PV market.

By

Ilias Tsagas

13 Mar 2018

This project close to the Southeastern city of Gaziantep consists of unlicensed 1 MW sub units adding up to 25 MW. The project was developed by Wagner Solar and Ino-Solar Energy.

Recent developments in the Turkish solar PV market have kept investors and analysts rather busy. There is excitement in the sector after last year’s record 1.79 GW of new installations. In contrast, in 2016 and 2015, Turkey installed 571 MW and 248.8 MW of new solar capacity respectively. By the end of 2017, Turkey’s cumulative …

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