Under its YEKA SPP-2025 program, Turkey has received 77 applications for 650 MW solar PV capacity
Floating PV project receives 11 applications, enabled by last year’s Coastal Law amendment allowing water-based renewables
Winners will be named by the end of 2025, with 60 months of free-market sales before 20-year state PPAs
Turkey’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced receiving a total of 77 applications from 38 companies for its 650 MW solar PV tender. Of these, 11 applications were submitted for the country’s maiden floating solar PV power plant, Demirköprü Floating SPP, with a planned capacity of 35 MW.
The floating PV project will be installed in the reservoir area of the Demirköprü Hydroelectric Power Plant in Manisa. Its clearance follows the amendment to the country’s Coastal Law last year that paved the way for the construction of renewable energy production in seas, dam lakes, artificial lakes, and natural lakes.
Only 4 applications were submitted for the largest project in the list, the 260 MW Eskişehir Solar Power Plant, followed by 9 submissions for the 100 MW Erzurum-1 GES project. The maximum number of applications (19) are reported for the 40 MW Kahramanmaraş Solar Power Plant.
The ministry had set €0.055/kWh as the starting ceiling price, with a base price of €0.0325/kWh. Turkey’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said he expects the competition to be highly competitive with the participation of international investors.
The 6 projects will be located across 7 cities, namely Bolu, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Kahramanmaraş, Mardin, Van, and Manisa. Winners will be announced at the end of 2025. They will be able to sell electricity generated on the free market for 60 months from the date of contract signing, followed by 20-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the state.
At the end of September 2025, Turkey had surpassed 38 GW of installed solar and wind capacity and targets to achieve 120 GW by 2035. The share of solar energy in Turkey’s total installed capacity reached 24.2 GW or 19.9%, accounting for 1/5th of its total installed capacity of over 121 GW. Together, renewable energy accounted for 74.7 GW or 61.6% of the total.
These bids came in response to the YEKA SPP-2025 call, launched under the country’s flagship Yenilenebilir Enerji Kaynak Alanları (YEKA) or Renewable Energy Resources Zone program.
The tender originally called for 850 MW of solar PV capacity spread across 10 projects, along with 1.15 GW of wind energy, for which applications are due by December 2, 2025 (see Turkey Officially Announces 2 GW Renewable Energy Tender). However, the capacity was revised following the cancellation of 2 solar projects as published by the ministry in the official gazette. According to local media, the cancellation was due to difficulties with the permitting process.
This is the 2nd YEKA auction in Turkey this year, as it awarded 800 MW to 6 companies earlier this year (see Turkey Awards 800 MW Solar Capacity In Latest YEKA Auction).