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Elazig Solar Farm, Turkey
Reduces reliance on fossil fuels in an energy-importing nation
Turkey imports nearly 75% of its energy. Elazig Solar Farm helps combat this by supplying clean, self-produced solar power to the national grid.
Avoids greenhouse gas emissions in a rapidly growing market
As energy demand is expected to rise by 40% over the next 12 years, this high-efficiency solar farm helps reduce GHG emissions in a country where they’ve already tripled since 1990.
Supports economic stability and growth
Every gigawatt of solar energy generated saves over $100 million in gas import costs, providing a reliable and cost-effective energy source for Turkey’s future.
Elazig Solar Farm - has been developed as a ‘high efficiency’ solar farm, utilizing crystalline silicon based solar PV modules to provide economically, and efficient solar energy to the region.
As a country that imports almost three-quarters of its energy - including half the coal, and almost all the oil and gas it requires, from 1990 to 2019, carbon emissions from fuel combustion have risen from 130 megatonnes to 360 megatonnes per year.
With energy consumption forecasted to increase almost 40% in the next 12 years, renewable energy projects such as Elazig Solar Farm are essential to reduce carbon emissions, whilst also providing economic stability and certainty in the cost of energy for the population. With a national estimated figure of 2600 hours of sunlight each year, Elazig Solar Farm aims to help provide self produced energy, whilst also reducing the emissions produced from fossil fuel combustion.
In addition to the environmental benefits, the key economic benefits of the project are to help contribute to reduced costs and economic growth within the region, with every gigawatt of solar power produced, saving over US $100 million on gas import costs for energy.
The key ambitions for the project are to help encourage and develop further solar generation within the Eastern Anatolia region, and the success of the high efficiency, low cost solar installations aim to provide a blueprint for future growth and benefits across the country.
UN Sustainable Development Goals met by this project:
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