On April 8th Ember, an independent global energy and climate think-tank based in London, UK, published Turkiye Electricity Review 2026. The report points out that Turkey's wind and photovoltaic power generation is expected to account for 22% of the country's total power generation in 2025, a record high, surpassing hydropower for the first time . It has become the main driver of growth in the renewable energy sector.
However, coal is still the country's largest source of energy, accounting for 34%, of which two-thirds of electricity depends on imports. At the same time, the report points out that the procurement safeguard measures for domestic coal-fired power plants from 2026 may improve the utilization rate and push the coal power generation to a new high.
The report shows that in the past three years, Turkey's electricity production has undergone rapid changes, mainly due to the strong development of photovoltaic and wind power. In
2023, the country's photovoltaic installed capacity reached 4.8 GW , a record high. During the next two years , the new installed capacity has been maintained at the level of 4.5G W. This doubled solar power generation from 18.4 billion kilowatt-hours in 2023 to 37.3 billion kilowatt-hours in 2025. The share of solar energy in total electricity generation also increased from 4.7% in 2022 to 10.5% in 2025.
In 2025, the total installed capacity of new wind power and photovoltaic power in Turkey reached 6.5G W , of which the newly installed capacity of wind power reached 1.9 GW, a record high, and photovoltaic power reached 4.6G W . By the end of 2025, the total installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaic power in the country has reached about 40 GW.
Although Turkey's renewable energy installed capacity has been breaking through in recent years, there is still a long way to go to achieve its renewable energy goals.
It is reported that the country plans to achieve a total installed capacity of 120 GW of photovoltaic and wind power by 2035, which means that the installed capacity of photovoltaic and wind power will need to triple in the next 10 years . It is necessary to achieve the target of 8GW new installed capacity every year.
In 2025, Turkey's renewable energy accounts for 43% of total electricity generation, including hydropower (16%) and other forms of energy, such as geothermal energy and biomass (5%).
Although this proportion is higher than global average, it is still lower than EU average of 48%. Among the 24 largest electricity producers in Europe, Turkey ranks 15th in wind power, 14th in solar power and 16th in the overall share of renewable energy.
However, among the 16 countries in the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia that generate more than 25 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, Turkey ranks first with 22% of photovoltaic and wind power generation.
Since 2022, Turkey has required new wind and solar projects to be equipped with energy storage devices of the same size as their installed capacity. The country currently has 33 GW of energy storage projects in reserve. This is far more than EU countries.
In addition, the report notes that Turkey's energy storage is equivalent to 83% of its current 40 GW of solar and wind capacity, indicating that energy storage is a core component of its energy transformation .
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