Turkish Offshore Wind: Current Status And Outlook

1. Introduction

Turkiye current total installed capacity is approx. 106 GW of which wind power has a share of 10%. Wind installed capacity has reached approximately 13 MW at the end of January 2024. In terms of onshore wind power, it is a mature market and many experienced contactors can be found within Turkiye for transport, installation, civil scope, etc. The local production of wind turbine components is promoted through the provision of a surplus additional feed-in rate for the wind farm operator. Turbine manufacturers without local manufacturing must overcome this disadvantage with price discounts on the turbine price. The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has published the National Energy Plan of Turkiye covering the period 2020-2035. In the scenario prepared by the Ministry, in the period 2020 – 2035, primary energy consumption will reach 205.3 Mtep (Million tons of oil equivalent), electricity consumption will reach 510.4 TWh (Terawatt Hours), while the electricity installed capacity will reach 189.7 GW in total. Offshore wind target is 5 GW till 2035. World Bank report concluded that Turkiye has nearly 75 gigawatts (GW) of technical potential for offshore wind. The report detailed Turkiye’s technical potential for offshore wind. The most attractive areas for offshore wind lie in the northwest in the Aegean Sea where wind speeds rise to 9 meters per second (m/s) the report said. The “Offshore Wind Energy Turkey Roadmap” Report, in which Turkey’s offshore wind energy potential is analyzed and the road map to be followed for the development of this field is stated, was shared with the sector by Turkish Offshore Wind Energy Association (DURED). Moreover, the “Offshore Wind Energy Sector Inventory” Report, which involves all stakeholders of offshore wind energy in Türkiye, was also presented.

2. Offshore Wind Power in Turkiye

There are numerous studies related to offshore wind power potential of the country. Amongst, World Bank Group report mentioning that Turkiye has nearly 75 gigawatts (GW) of technical potential for offshore wind. The report also detailed Turkiye’s technical potential for offshore wind. “The most attractive areas for offshore wind lie in the northwest in the Aegean Sea where wind speeds rise to 9 meters per second (m/s),” the report said.

Postponed 1200 MW Offshore Wind Farm Tender

Turkiye has begun a new chapter in its long-term policy on renewable energy with the Regulation on Renewable Energy Resource Areas (“RERA”), which came in force in October 2016. RERA establishes another set of incentives designed to encourage the effective and efficient use of renewable energy resources on state- and treasury-owned as well as privately owned sites in Turkiye. A central plank of the policy on renewables is the recently announced RERA Offshore Wind Power Farm project – Turkiye’s first and the world’s largest offshore wind farm, which is expected to yield investment of USD 3 billion. The wind farm should start generating electricity in 2023 – coinciding with the 100-year jubilee of the Republic of Turkiye – with a total capacity of 1,200 MW.

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