As of 2024, Turkey has a total installed capacity of 12GW, which generates about 10% of Turkey’s electricity, mainly in the west in the Aegean and Marmara regions. Wind energy is gradually becoming a larger share of renewable energy in Turkey. The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) aims to have 30GW of installed capacity by 2035, including 5GW of offshore wind, under its National Energy Plan which was released in 2022.

In June 2023, the Ministry of Energy and Natural resources (MENR) launched a tender for the delivery of site investigations and consultancy services for three development zones in the Sea of Marmara, which is expected to pave the way for its first offshore wind auction.

With the ambitions of the Turkish government, and the need for international expertise to reach these goals, now is the time to capitalize on your business opportunities in Turkey! We foresee business opportunities in both the onshore and offshore wind industry for the Dutch wind sector.

Turkish Wind Energy Congress

The 13^th Turkish Wind Energy Congress (TWEC), organized by the Turkish Wind Energy Association (TWEA), will be held on November 5-6, 2024, at the Istanbul Hilton Bomonti Hotel.

TWEC 2024 will address the latest developments and opportunities in the Turkish wind energy sector from both a national and global perspective and will once again be the most effective platform for information exchange and collaborations in Turkey. Experts, stakeholders, policymakers, and academics from leading regions in the wind sector, especially Europe, will participate.

TWEC will offer participants comprehensive and diverse content. Sessions where the most important and urgent issues of the wind sector will be discussed in depth by experts are among others:

• the Future of the Wind event, where innovative technologies will be examined;
• the Turkish Supplier Day, which will be organized in cooperation with WindEurope; and
• the Career Festival, where future professionals will meet the business world.

Netherlands delegation

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ankara, together with Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE), are intending to set up a Netherlands delegation program around the Turkish Wind Energy Congress.

Preliminary program

On Monday November 4 we would like to set up a B2B matchmaking program between the Dutch companies in the NL Delegation and Turkish companies, as well as schedule a company visit to a Turkish stakeholder in Istanbul. For these components we would like to receive your input on which Turkish companies you would like to visit/meet.

We are currently finetuning the program and discussing the possibilities with the organizer of the Congress. More detailed information will be available soon, as well as participation fees.

More information

If you are interested to participate, please let us know via events@hhwe.eu. We will make sure to keep you informed in the coming period.