Current Turkish laws, regulations and sector-relevant official announcements for solar power and energy storage (BESS), summarised in English from official sources and curated by GENSED.
Legislation & Regulations
EPDK amends Regulation on Storage Activities in the Electricity Market (consumer storage)
The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) published an amending regulation in the Official Gazette No. 33405 of 19 October 2026. It replaces the first paragraph of Article 6 of the Regulation on Storage Activities in the Electricity Market (Official Gazette No. 31479, 9 May 2021). Consumers may install an electricity storage facility, provided the relevant network operator gives a favourable connection opinion and the facility is at the same metering point. Consumers wishing to install storage with an installed capacity above their contracted power must install the units and systems set out in Article 14 of the Electricity Market Connection and System Usage Regulation. The amendment enters into force on publication.
- Amends Article 6(1) of the Regulation on Storage Activities in the Electricity Market (Official Gazette No. 31479, 9 May 2021).
- Consumers may install storage subject to a favourable connection opinion from the network operator and location at the same metering point.
- Storage with installed capacity above contracted power requires the units and systems listed in Article 14 of the Connection and System Usage Regulation (Official Gazette No. 28896, 28 January 2014).
- Enters into force on the date of publication, 19 October 2026; the EPDK President executes the regulation.
Sector Announcements
Eight international financial institutions sign support letter for ACWA’s 2 GW Sivas and Taşeli solar projects
The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources reported that eight development and commercial financial institutions signed a support letter for the financing of two solar power plants in Türkiye, developed by Saudi company ACWA. The signing took place at the COP31 event in Antalya, in the presence of Minister Alparslan Bayraktar and his Saudi counterpart. The plants, in Sivas and Taşeli (Karaman), form the first phase of a 5 GW renewable energy package agreed between Türkiye and Saudi Arabia. Each plant will have 1,000 MW of capacity, and ACWA targets operation in 2029.
- Signatories: ADB, AIIB, DEG, EBRD, IFC, IsDB, Société Générale and Standard Chartered.
- The Sivas and Taşeli solar plants will each have 1,000 MW capacity; total investment is about EUR 1.6 billion, with operation targeted for 2029.
- The projects are expected to supply electricity to 1.3 million households and avoid about 1.65 million tonnes of CO2 a year.
- The Minister said the remaining 3,000 MW of the 5,000 MW package may include wind, solar and storage; he cited a 2040 target of 175,000 MW of wind and solar capacity.
- The intergovernmental agreement signed on 3 February was approved by a law published in the Official Gazette on 27 June.
Summaries are provided for information only and do not constitute legal advice. The original Turkish publication, linked in each entry, is authoritative.