A new capacity allocation process of 2,787 megawatts in the field of wind and solar energy was completed, head of Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK), Mustafa Yılmaz said Saturday.
“We will jointly implement a renewable energy investment of $5 billion in 1.5-2 years at the latest,” he said.
A statement by the EPDK, in which Yılmaz’s remarks were also included, said that the authority signed another critical decision that will increase the share of Turkey’s domestic and renewable energy resources in electricity production.
After the revision of the connection capacities announced within the scope of energy resource areas (YEKA) wind power plants (WPP)-3 and YEKA solar power plants (SPP)-5, the 2,787 megawatts capacity that was released was reported to the EPDK, the statement read.
Yılmaz further noted that the applications to be made for…