The licensing process for solar power projects is finally moving
forward in Turkey. In line with the recent amendments in the
Licensing Regulation which requires bidding processes for
pre-licensing when there is more than one interested party, the
first competitions for two portfolios of 8 MW in Elazığ
and 5 MW in Erzurum took place on 12 May with very surprising
results.
The first round of pre-license applications for 600-MW capacity
was received in June 2013, when 496 applications with a total
capacity of 8900 MW were made. The Energy Market Regulatory Agency
(EMRA) has granted no pre-licenses to solar power projects so far.
This required a series of bidding processes for the regions for
which more than one interest had been placed.
