At the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, the significance of nuclear energy in achieving the 2050 net zero target was strongly emphasized. Last year, at COP28 in Dubai, the United States launched the “Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy,” with leading nuclear countries such as France, Japan, and South Korea among the signatories. This year, six additional countries signed the declaration, including Türkiye.

Türkiye and Kyrgyzstan will develop projects in the fields of energy efficiency and energy saving, especially renewable energy. 

The announcement of the tender in the Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) for solar energy was published in the Official Gazette shortly after the announcement for wind energy. The announcement published for 6 projects in 6 provinces in solar energy covers a total capacity of 800 megawatts. Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, stated that they have published the YEKA announcement in solar energy after wind and said that they will reach 120 thousand megawatts of solar and wind installed capacity by 2035. 

After the Oruç Reis Research Ship started seismic exploration in Somalia in the east of Africa, an agreement was signed with Senegal in the west of the continent. With the agreement, Türkiye and Senegal will cooperate in the fields of energy, oil and natural gas.

New tender period has started in renewable energy. Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) tender announcement was published in the Official Gazette. The announcement published for 5 projects in 3 provinces in wind energy has a total capacity of 1,200 megawatts. Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, stated that they will hold at least 2 thousand megawatts of YEKA tenders every year and said that they will commission these capacities quickly.