Featured in Down to the wires 06-2024

Balancing module oversupply and local solar in Türkiye

Turkish module manufacturing capacity has grown rapidly over the past few years thanks to government incentivization for solar. However, the speed at which this surge has occurred means that manufacturers are now grappling with oversupply, as Vikey Zhao, analyst at InfoLink Consulting, explains.

 Türkiye is home to abundant sunlight, with an average annual insolation time of 2,741 hours and 1,527 kWh/m² of solar radiation, according to the country’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. In south Türkiye, annual solar radiation exceeds 1,700 kWh/m², indicating vast potential for solar energy.Under the National Renewable Energy Action Plan published in January …

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