Turkiye’s wind energy installed capacity is aimed to reach 12 thousand 500 megawatts by the end of the year with an addition of 300 megawatts.
According to the compilation of data from the Turkish Wind Energy Association (TUREB), Turkiye’s electricity installed power reached 106 thousand 157 megawatts as of mid-December, and wind energy installed power reached 12 thousand 117 megawatts.
While the share of renewable energy sources in Turkiye’s electricity production is gradually increasing, the share of wind energy in the installed electricity capacity has exceeded 11%.
Turkiye, which uses 10% of its wind energy potential and reached this installed power in 15 years, aims to reach 18 thousand megawatts of installed power in wind energy by 2028. The amount of investment to be made for this is calculated as $5 billion.
According to TUREB, licensed power plants operate mainly in Turkiye. Wind energy is produced in 45 provinces with more than 4 thousand 65 wind turbines and 274 power plants.
Turkiye’s wind energy installed capacity is aimed to reach 12 thousand 500 megawatts by the end of December with an addition of 300 megawatts.
The highest capacity is in Izmir
Izmir stands out as the province with the highest capacity in wind energy with an installed power of 1907.30 megawatts. This city is followed by Balikesir with a capacity of 1431.65 megawatts, Canakkale with a capacity of 976.15 megawatts, Istanbul with a capacity of 883.5 megawatts and Manisa with a capacity of 727.55 megawatts.
Kirklareli is listed as the top 10 cities with the highest installed power in wind energy, with 491.28 megawatts, Hatay 437.85 megawatts, Bursa 420.8 megawatts, Aydin 375.2 megawatts and Afyon 368.45 megawatts.
The country’s wind sector is growing in equipment production as well as capacity increase.
Turkiye stands out as Europe’s 5th largest wind industry. More than 100 companies operating in this field in Turkiye export wind energy equipment to 44 countries on 6 continents. Approximately 80% of the turnover of these companies consists of wind energy equipment exports.
TUREB President Ibrahim Erden said that the wind energy sector includes high-level technology applications and uses high-level technologies in areas such as operation, maintenance and electricity trade.
Stating that wind will continue to meet the clean energy needs of consumers by providing energy more regularly and uninterruptedly with the integration of electricity storage, Erden said:
“2023 was a year when a major change was announced with the National Energy Strategy Plan published in our country and the first step of the investment processes necessary to realize this change was taken with the allocated storage capacities. However, our country aims to complete an investment of more than 1.5 times the 12 thousand megawatt wind installations it has completed in the last 15 years in the remaining 12 years until 2035.”
Source: Trthaber / Prepared by Irem Yildiz