Turkey’s solar capacity surpasses 21 GW
Turkey’s rapid rise in solar deployment has been largely attributed to the installation of unlicensed solar power plants for self consumption in the commercial and industrial sector.
Turkey targets 22.6 GW of solar by end of 2025
The Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources’ 2025 budget proposal sets a target of 22.6 GW of installed solar by the end of next year, up from around 18.8 GW this year. The ministry also plans to increase the share of domestic resources in electricity production, while reducing the share of natural gases.
TUI powers hotels with solar plants in Turkey
Travel and tourism company TUI recently started operating three new solar plants in Turkey, totalling 15 MW, to supply power to eight hotels. It plans to power more hotels in the country with additional solar plants.
Exponential or slow growth?
The Turkish solar market finds itself at a crossroads in 2019, with previous policy settings coming to an end and more questions than answers being raised by recent government efforts. While the YEKA projects to date have delivered little in terms of installations, Muren Guler from Global Energy Ltd believes that ‘Mini YEKA’ could provide just the boost manufacturers, suppliers, and developers are looking for.
Germany’s IBC, SolarWorld announce separate solar developments in Turkey
While the German EPC contractor has installed a 4.2 MW rooftop solar PV plant, the manufacturer has agreed to supply 60 MW of modules to the Turkish market.
“World’s largest” thin film solar rooftop completed
The “world’s largest” thin film solar PV rooftop project has been completed in Turkey, says Zorlu Solar. The 10 MW plant has recently been grid connected, it says.
Turkey adds 1.7 GW of solar PV in 2017
Turkey’s solar industry has just come out of its best year so far, adding about 1.7 GW of new PV capacity in 2017. Some peculiar characteristics of the Turkish PV market remain, however.
Will high domestic content requirements fuel or hinder Turkish solar sector growth?
Turkey’s solar sector is showing continued growth, but there are questions regarding the nation’s domestic content requirement.
