Turkey’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced a new solar energy tender for a total of 800 MW. The tender includes six projects across different regions. The proposed projects involve a capacity of 385 MW in Karapinar, 200 MW in Karaman, 75 MW in Malatya, 60 MW in Van, and 40 MW each in Antalya and Kutahya.
This tender builds on Turkey’s other recent renewable energy projects, such as the Karapinar Solar Power Plant in Konya, which aims to reach a capacity of 1,000 MW. The Çanakkale Wind Power Project is another major project, adding 300 MW to the country’s wind energy capacity in the Çanakkale region. Smaller solar projects in Aydın and Muğla have also been launched under Turkey’s Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) tenders.
The ministry has set an initial ceiling price of $0.055 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), with a base price of $0.0325 per kWh. Interested companies can submit their bids until January 27, 2025.
According to details from the ministry’s, electricity generated from these projects will be sold on the free market for five years from the contract signature date. Following this period, the energy produced will be added to Turkey’s transmission system for 20 years.
This solar tender follows a wind energy tender launched last week by the ministry, which offered 1,200 MW of wind capacity across five proposed projects. These tenders are part of Turkey’s larger renewable energy strategy.
Alparslan Bayraktar, Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, stated that Turkey aims to secure at least 2,000 MW of renewable energy tenders annually to reach a combined solar and wind capacity of 120 GW by 2035. Turkey’s recent budget outlines a goal of achieving a cumulative solar capacity of 22.6 GW by the end of next year, up from the current level of about 18.8 GW.
