Turkey has shown strong growth in the renewable energy market
over the last decade and wind energy has been the main driving
force of this growth. The level of market maturity that the wind
sector has reached, allowed the Turkish government to mount a
successful first round of wind energy tender last August, with
applications coming from some of the biggest global wind energy
players
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has announced that the
second Renewable Energy Resource Fields known as YEKA competition
(tender) to be held in 2019. The exact date of the competition has
not been shared but the upcoming second tender (YEKA RES-2) will
again be 1.000 MWe, however, unlike the first one, this one is
divided into 4 in order to allow 4 different competitions in 4
different cities; Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Aydın and
Muğla each for 250MWe and consequently there will be 4 winning
company or consortium at the end which will create a more diverse
and competitive wind energy
