Türkiye’s clean power capacity share rises to 62.8% by September 2026

What happened

Türkiye’s electricity fleet reached 126,598 MW of installed capacity at the end of September 2026, Enerji Günlüğü reported. The system expanded by 4,628 MW over the year’s first nine months, based on figures cited by the publication.

Solar was the largest source of newly commissioned capacity in that period, representing 62% of additions. Clean energy sources, with hydropower included, accounted for 62.8% of total installed electricity capacity.

For readers monitoring the market, the immediate point is that solar is supplying most recent capacity growth, while the clean-source share of the national fleet has moved above 60%. Progress in wind commissioning remains a separate metric to watch against the country’s longer-term deployment requirements.

Why it matters

Installed capacity is not the same as electricity generation, but it indicates the scale and composition of infrastructure available to the power system. The reported figures show continued expansion of Türkiye’s power fleet and a dominant role for solar in the capacity brought online during the first nine months of 2026.

The figures also provide a benchmark for Türkiye’s 2035 Energy Plan, which seeks 120,000 MW of combined wind and solar capacity by the end of 2035. Enerji Günlüğü reported that a further 76.49 GW of wind and solar capacity would need to be installed to meet that objective.

That remaining build-out is substantial relative to the time available. The publication calculated that 111 months remained to the end-2035 deadline and that the required additions would equal 1.76 times the existing wind and solar capacity.

Wind deployment pace

Wind installations were below the monthly rate cited as necessary for the target. September saw 71 MW of wind capacity commissioned, compared with an indicated requirement of around 250 MW a month.

This comparison does not establish whether annual installations will meet the target, but it highlights the gap between September’s wind additions and the monthly pace referenced by Enerji Günlüğü. Companies tracking Türkiye’s renewable build-out should follow subsequent wind and solar commissioning data against the remaining 76.49 GW requirement.

Source

Enerji Günlüğü published the capacity figures and its assessment of the remaining wind and solar deployment needed for the 2035 plan.