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The YEKA (Yenilenebilir Enerji Kaynak Alanları — Renewable Energy Resource Areas) framework is Türkiye's pre-allocated utility-scale RE auction vehicle, originally launched in 2017 to bundle land-use rights, grid connection, and a USD-denominated PPA with EÜAŞ (Elektrik Üretim A.Ş., the state generator) into a single multi-year competitive tender. After a multi-year pause (no major YEKA-GES round between 2019 and 2023), the GES-2024 round opens 800 MW across six geographically-distributed sites:
Winners receive a 49-year land-use right and a 15-year USD-denominated PPA at the bid clearing price. The January 2025 auction cleared at USD 3.25 c/kWh (record low for Türkiye), with Smart Güneş Enerjisi / Akfen YE / Kalyon Enerji / EnerjiSA among the bidders awarded sites. The specification's local-content scoring and on-shore manufacturing commitments — carried over from earlier YEKA rounds and aligned with ETKB's solar-cell/module manufacturing build-out target — preserve preferential treatment for bidders sourcing Turkish-made modules or committing to local cell/module assembly.
National Energy Plan target of 52.9 GW installed solar by 2035), with follow-on rounds expected to land annually.
solar PPA on record and sets a competitive benchmark for non-YEKA rooftop / unlicensed-generation pricing.
Turkish manufacturers (Kalyon PV cell line, CW Enerji, Smart Solar, HT Solar) and away from direct imports of Chinese cells/modules — a softer non-tariff complement to the auto-sector Decree 8639 perimeter, but in the RE supply chain rather than vehicles.
FX volatility via 15-year USD PPAs, materially de-risking RE project finance.
scoring vs. as a soft preference — and at what cost premium relative to direct-import bids?
round given global module-price normalisation, or whether the $3.25 c/kWh becomes a fixed ceiling.
later rounds may layer storage requirements onto the YEKA wrapper (precedent: the YEKA RES-2024 onshore wind round included storage pre-qualification).