Türkiye allocates 785 MW of solar connection capacity at 11 YEKA sites

What happened

Türkiye has completed the YEKA GES-2026 solar capacity competition, allocating 785 MW of grid connection capacity to investors. The allocation covers 11 separate sites in Denizli, Ankara, Konya, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya, Diyarbakır, Mardin, Batman and Elazığ.

The competition attracted 44 applications from 19 companies. It generated €37.9 million in contribution payments, including VAT, according to GENSED, which cites an announcement from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.

For the successful companies, the award establishes a two-stage route to market. From the date each contract is signed, companies can sell the electricity they produce in the open market for 60 months. When that period ends, electricity will be supplied to the transmission system for 20 years at €0.0325 per kWh.

Companies assessing the awarded projects should focus on the contract-signing date, as it determines when the 60-month market-sales window begins and when the subsequent 20-year supply period takes effect.

Why it matters

The results set out the commercial parameters attached to the 785 MW allocation: a five-year period for market-based sales followed by a long-duration supply commitment at a specified euro-denominated price. This provides the confirmed framework for capacity awarded through this competition.

The solar outcome is part of a wider 2026 YEKA allocation process. Taken together, the YEKA GES and YEKA RES-2026 competitions assigned 2,285 MW of capacity. GENSED said the combined rounds could enable approximately $1.9 billion of new investment in Türkiye.

The 11-site allocation also identifies where the solar capacity has been assigned, spanning nine provinces. The awarded locations range from Denizli and Ankara to the south-eastern provinces of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Batman, alongside Konya, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya and Elazığ.

What comes next

The next contractual milestone is signature by the successful companies. Each signed contract starts the 60-month period in which generated electricity may be sold on the open market. After those five years, the 20-year transmission-system supply term at €0.0325/kWh applies.