ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia and Turkiye signed a pact on Tuesday for the second phase of a deal struck in February to build large-scale power plants in Turkiye, the Turkish energy ministry said.
Wind power plants are planned with total capacity of 3,000 megawatts (MW), or the equivalent of a fifth of Turkiye existing installed wind power capacity, under the deal signed at the COP31 summit in Antalya, the ministry said.
“We are deepening our strategic energy cooperation with Saudi Arabia,” Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said, adding that the investments aimed to strengthen grid infrastructure and boost system flexibility.
The first phase of the February pact envisages ACWA Power building solar power plants with a combined installed capacity of 2,000 MW in Sivas and Karaman’s Taseli region.
The agreements will bring to 5,000 MW the total capacity of power plants to be built jointly with Saudi Arabia.
Meeting Turkiye long-term energy targets will need average annual installation of 10,000 MW of new wind and solar power capacity, government plans show.
