Turkey’s reimagined solar regulations

In 2020, Turkey has discovered the importance of small-scale distributed energy generation, along with energy efficiency. After deploying a range of strategies to allocate solar power plant capacities throughout almost 10 years of solar PV development, the introduction of new net-metering legislation for unlicensed rooftop solar power plants is proving effective in promoting “self-consumption,” write Stantec Turkey experts Selen Inal, Koray Goytan and Alican Ozden.

Issue 06-2020

This 4.24 MW solar array, which is one of the largest rooftop PV installations in Turkey, was developed by IBC Solar in the province of Mersin. It provides power to a facility that processes agricultural products. Legislation to encourage self-consumption in Turkey’s unlicensed rooftop solar PV segment is reportedly proving to be effective.

Image: IBC Solar

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