Turkey to hold tender for wind power projects in July

Turkey will hold a tender for the construction of a 1,000 megawatts capacity windpower plant as part of the Renewable Energy Resources Area Project (YEKA), the Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey announced Thursday.

The deadline for offers was determined as July 27, 2017, the tender will take place in the form of a reverse auction and the limit has been set to seven dollars per kilowatt-hour. The period of energy purchase for the tender winners will be 15 years.

An earlier tender for the Konya-Karapinar Renewable Energy Resources Area Project (YEKA), which will enable Turkey to have 1,000 megawatts of solar power, was held in February.

The current project, according to a statement made by Turkey's Energy and Natural Resouces Minister Berat Bayrak Wednesday, will be the first to establish a clause for 65% local production and 80% local engineers.

According to Albayrak, the new windpower project can be considered one of the most important steps for Turkey's National Energy Strategy. It's aim is to decrease Turkey's dependence on energy imports.