Renewable Energy Development in Türkiye

[Eşbah]

 

[hyperman]

Its good, but it needs to be higher, considering Vietnam is at 20 and India at 60. China of course is on a different planet than the rest of the world.

 

[Eşbah]

Turkey, which generated 45.3% of its electricity from natural gas in 2005, reduced that share to 12.2% in the first 9 months of 2026.

This decline was driven not only by hydropower, which rose to 29.8% in a rainy year, but also by wind and solar, which barely existed in 2015 but now account for 24.4% of generation.

When Akkuyu's first unit comes online, its share could be around 2.5%.
Over this period, Turkey's electricity generation more than doubled.
The first goal is to phase out imported coal.

 

[hyperman]

Turkey, which generated 45.3% of its electricity from natural gas in 2005, reduced that share to 12.2% in the first 9 months of 2026.

This decline was driven not only by hydropower, which rose to 29.8% in a rainy year, but also by wind and solar, which barely existed in 2015 but now account for 24.4% of generation.

When Akkuyu's first unit comes online, its share could be around 2.5%.
Over this period, Turkey's electricity generation more than doubled.
The first goal is to phase out imported coal.

The bulk of the demand can be met by wind and solar, but there will still be a need for powerplants for grid stabilization, atleast until mass scale batteries are viable.