A Boost To Wind & Solar

Turkey has been active over the last year in molding its renewable energy market. Long discussed feed-in tariffs were increased with an amendment made to the Renewable Energy Law.¹ The wind license applications which have been suspended since 2007 are issued. The EMRA² issued a number of communiqués one of which sets forth the on-site measurement obligations to obtain licenses for wind or solar power plant applicants. The Ministry of Energy solicited opinions from the market players and public in general on draft electricity market law published it on its web-site. Although EMRA has not yet announced any specific date for license applications for solar power plants, the recent Measurement Communiqué³ may be deemed to be a hint that EMRA could collect the license applications for solar power plants in the first half of 2013.