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Türkiye awards seven wind projects with 1,500 MW capacity
Türkiye has completed auctions for seven wind power sites with a combined capacity of 1,500 megawatts.
The sites are in Sivas, Balıkesir, Manisa and Kütahya, and 12 companies submitted 29 bids.
The projects are expected to generate 4.6 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity each year, enough to meet the needs of about two million homes.
The government says this could also prevent $852 million in annual natural gas imports.
The auctions produced a total contribution payment of €75.5 million, including VAT, and set a base price of 3.50 euro cents per kilowatt-hour.
Winning companies can sell their electricity on the open market for 72 months after signing contracts, then supply it to the transmission system at that price for 20 years.
The next step is to build the projects, which Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said should be brought into service as soon as possible.
Turkey completed auctions for seven wind power areas with a combined capacity of 1,500 megawatts.
The projects are in Sivas, Balıkesir, Manisa and Kütahya.
A total of 29 applications were submitted by 12 companies.
The auctions produced a total contribution payment of 75.5 million euros, including VAT.
The projects are expected to generate 4.6 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity each year and meet the electricity needs of about 2 million homes.
- Who
- Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry completed the auctions. Twelve companies submitted applications.
- What
- Auctions allocated seven wind power areas with a combined capacity of 1,500 megawatts.
- When
- November 2, 2026.
- Where
- Sivas, Balıkesir, Manisa and Kütahya, Turkey.
- Why
- The projects are intended to expand renewable electricity generation and avoid natural gas imports.
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- Total capacity
- 1,500 megawatts
- Wind power areas
- 7
- Provinces
- Sivas, Balıkesir, Manisa and Kütahya
- Applications
- 29 from 12 companies
- Contribution payment
- 75.5 million euros, including VAT
- Expected annual generation
- 4.6 billion kilowatt-hours
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What people are saying
With a base price of 3.50 euro cents per kilowatt-hour and a total contribution payment of 75.5 million euros including VAT, we will both reduce our electricity generation costs and continue to bring our renewable energy resources into our economy.
The competitions, held amid great competition, are of great importance in showing confidence in Turkey’s energy sector and investor interest.
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7 ayrı alanda toplam 1.500 megavatlık kapasiteye sahip YEKA RES-2026 yarışmalarını Bakanlığımızda tamamladık. 12 firmanın toplam 29 başvuru yaptığı ve büyük bir rekabet içerisinde geçen yarışmalar Türkiye enerji sektörüne olan güveni ve yatırımcı ilgisini göstermesi açısından