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Saudi and Turkey agree to add 3 GW of renewables in Turkey

The deal would lift Turkey’s planned renewable capacity to 5 GW, as the countries seek to deepen an energy partnership that also includes oil and gas expansion.

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Turkey and Saudi Arabia have announced plans to cooperate on renewable energy, with a signed agreement to add 3 GW of renewable capacity in Turkey. OilPrice reports that the move would raise Turkey’s total planned renewable capacity to 5 GW.

Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said in August that Turkey has already seen major scaling of its power system under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s leadership. He described the country as having nearly completed “a century’s worth of work,” and said Turkey has quadrupled installed electricity capacity from 32,000 megawatts to 126,000 megawatts.

Bayraktar also cited broader energy and export growth, saying Turkey commissioned around 95 GW of new capacity over the past 24 years and now has Europe’s third-largest installed electricity capacity and consumption after France and Germany. He added that oil production has tripled, natural gas output has increased ninefold, and mineral exports have risen tenfold, according to OilPrice.

While the renewable agreement advances clean energy buildout, the report says Turkey is continuing to expand oil and gas production and is discussing potential new energy routes linking the Middle East and Europe. OilPrice also notes that Saudi Arabia has already invested heavily in Turkey’s solar power sector and aims to deepen the broader energy partnership.

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