Türkiye's installed capacity of solar power plants reach 10,000 MW

The installed capacity of Türkiye's solar power plants reached 10,000 MW at the end of March 2023. In general, solar power plants cover 78 Turkish provinces.

As Anadolu reports with reference to the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the total installed capacity of the country's power plants at the end of March 2023 reached 104,348 MW, and the installed capacity of solar power plants reached 9,820 MW.

Solar power plants with a capacity of more than 100 MW are currently operating in 35 Turkish provinces.

The installed capacity of solar power plants in Türkiye in 2014 was 40 MW. The share of solar energy in Türkiye's total installed electricity capacity has reached 9.41 per cent to date.

The largest amount of installed capacity of solar power plants in Türkiye falls on the province of Konya - 1722.2 MW.

Türkiye is considered to have a high potential for solar energy due to its geographic location.