Bölüm 1: Türkiye’de ve dünyada bağlantı kapasitesi sorunu

This report chapter examines the challenges of grid connection capacity for renewable energy projects in Turkey and globally, highlighting how infrastructure limitations, economic risks, and procedural inefficiencies delay the energy transition.

• Turkey is experiencing a significant shortage of grid connection capacity at the transmission level. Following a February 2024 decision by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) to allocate 7.5 GW for unlicensed production plants, the 3.5 GW allocated for transmission-level connections was 96% exhausted within two months. Consequently, no new capacity has been announced since September 2024, and all transmission-level applications since then have been rejected.
• Between February 2024 and April 2025, 65% of unlicensed project applications in Turkey (totaling 7.5 GW out of 11.6 GW) were denied connection permits due to 'regional capacity constraints'. This denied capacity represents one-third of Turkey's total installed solar energy capacity of 22.5 GW as of May 2025.
• Economic factors and high investment costs are primary barriers to grid development in Turkey. According to the 2024–2028 Strategic Plan of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ), 74% of the projected 362 billion TL budget is earmarked for renewing and developing the electricity grid. TEİAŞ identifies technological factors as the top external risk, followed by economic factors such as high inflation and exchange rate volatility.
• The grid connection crisis is a global issue, with 1.65 TW of wind, solar, and hydroelectric capacity awaiting connection approval as of July 2024, a 10% increase from 2023. This represents 38% of the current global installed capacity for these sources. In Europe, 10 countries—including Germany, Spain, and France—have a combined 0.5 TW of wind projects awaiting approval.
• Administrative and technical delays significantly hinder renewable energy deployment. In Europe, obtaining a connection permit for a wind farm can take up to 9 years; in the UK, the average wait is 5.5 years, potentially reaching 15 years. Construction times for high-voltage projects range from 5 to 13 years. To combat speculative applications, countries like France, Greece, and Romania have tightened application criteria, while Romania, the UK, Greece, Spain, and Italy use application fees or bank guarantees.

APA

Ember (2025). Bölüm 1: Türkiye’de ve dünyada bağlantı kapasitesi sorunu. https://ember-energy.org/tr/chapter/12640-2/

Chicago

Ember. Bölüm 1: Türkiye’de ve dünyada bağlantı kapasitesi sorunu. 2025. https://ember-energy.org/tr/chapter/12640-2/.

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BibTeX

@techreport{ember2025blm, author = {{Ember}}, title = {{Bölüm 1: Türkiye’de ve dünyada bağlantı kapasitesi sorunu}}, institution = {Ember}, year = {2025}, month = jun, url = {https://ember-energy.org/tr/chapter/12640-2/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }