Turkey installed approximately 2.8 GW PV capacity in the first five months of 2025, according to data from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
“The real -installed capacity for this year so far, however, is around 2.6 GW, because 0.2 GW is represented by PV systems installed in previous years that were not registered correctly,” said Yusuf Bahadir Turhan, president of Turkish NGO Solar3GW, said PV -Magazine. “This is due to missing data from grid operators of organized industrial zones, because they are not as disciplined as conventional grid operators in Turkey.”
Turhan said that of the 2.6 GW so far has been installed this year, about 0.5 GW came from projects on Nuts scale that were awarded in the Yeka auctions in 2023. The remaining 2.1 GW consists of “non-permit” systems that have been developed for self-consumption by large energy users.
“In these projects, electricity cannot be marketed commercially, but can only be subjected to the net measurement with the related consumation point,” Turhan said. “Net measurement rules for commercial and industrial consumers came into force in 2023, but companies have only recently started investing heavily in solar energy under Netto measurement, and that is why it has become a lot of capacity online from the start of this year.”
Turhan said he expected Turkey to add about 5 GW new PV capacity in 2025.
Fluctuating and high energy prices have stimulated the acceptance of solar energy among both small and medium-sized companies and large companies.
In April, the government increased electricity prices by 25% for residential users and 10% for commercial and industrial consumers. Natural gas prices also rose by 20% and 24.2% for the same groups respectively. Turkish media reported that the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) approved the increases at the request of electricity distribution companies that are confronted with financial problems.
The cumulative installed solar capacity of Turkey reached 22,648 MW at the end of May, according to figures from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
The Ministry reported that the solar capacity at the end of May 2024 was 14,995 MW, indicating that more than 7.6 GW Zonne Zon has been added in the past 12 months.
In October 2024, the Budget proposal of the 2025 set an objective of 22.6 GW of cumulative solar capacity towards the end of 2026, an increase of 18.8 GW this year.
