Turkey’s first mini solar energy tenders are scheduled to start next Monday, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez has announced. The 74 mini solar Renewable Energy Resource Zone (YEKA) tenders will cover solar plants with a total capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and will be spread across 36 different regions. The capacities will range […]
Renewables constitute 98% of Turkey’s power coming online in Q1
Almost all of Turkey’s installed power that has come online from January through March has stemmed from renewable resources, the country’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez said Monday. “The proportion of renewable energy in installed power, which is increasing every day, is going toward 100%. In the first three months, 97.9% of our […]
Turkey’s electricity generation from solar plants soars 50%
Turkey’s electricity generation from solar power plants has soared by 50%, the country’s energy and natural resources minister said Tuesday, citing data from February 2020, which puts the country in third place in Europe and ninth in the world in terms of added installed solar capacity since 2014. The share of solar power plants in […]