According to media reports, Turkey will expedite an auction for wind energy projects as it looks to speed up its renewable energy program. Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority has announced that it will call for bids on 2 GW worth of wind energy projects in October next year, with the auction … [continued]
Europe is set to expand its financial support to Turkey’s renewable energy sector through additional loans under the Mid-size Sustainable Energy Financing Facility Program. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide $180 million to two Turkish banks for finance renewable energy projects being developed by private sector project … [continued]
Vestas Wind Systems announced that it has been awarded a 46 MW wind turbine order in Turkey. The wind energy giant announced the news last Friday, after being awarded a firm and unconditional order for 14 of its V126-3.3 MW turbines for the Amasya wind power project being developed in Turkey by Sehzade … [continued]
Yet another renewable energy projects auction, this time in Turkey, has attracted an overwhelming response from project developers. Turkey, an emerging renewable energy market, had invited bids to auction pre-licensed wind energy projects of cumulative capacity worth 3 GW. Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority announced earlier this month that it received … [continued]
This morning the United Nations Environment Program released its 9th annual report on Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment. The news is very good: 2014 was the best year ever for newly installed renewable capacity. The Frankfurt School–UNEP Collaborating Centre and Bloomberg New Energy Finance prepared the report. In spite of the 50+% collapse in … [continued]
Turkey, for one, has had enough of this fossil fuel nonsense. The country is moving forward with plans for a 600 MW perovskite solar cell facility.
The country of Turkey will be holding a solar tender for 302 megawatts (MW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity at the end of April (28, 29, and 30) — as recently revealed by the country’s Electricity Transmission Company (TEIAS). This tender is part of the country’s previously revealed (back … [continued]
Navigant Research has published its 20th edition of the annual World Wind Energy Market Update report, and it shows that worldwide wind power installations grew by 42% in 2014. The report, which covers developments in the wind energy sector throughout 2014, also highlights the importance of China, Germany, and the United … [continued]
The Turkish provinces of Muğla, Burdur, and Urfais (in southern Turkey) are supposed to soon see a big expansion in solar power, with the construction of three utility-scale solar PV plants on the way. This is thanks in part to US thin-film specialist First Solar. First Solar gained the interconnection rights of … [continued]
The Turkish company DMA — notable for having recently designed an electric vehicle (EV) capable of traveling 248 miles (400 kilometers) on a single charge — has signed a license agreement with 3 different countries for mass production of its EV, according to recent reports. The company’s CEO, Önder Yol, … [continued]
