MENA Weekly Round-Up: Türkiye’s Solar Capacity Expands to 25.8 GW
Here are some noteworthy cleantech news and announcements from around the Middle East and North Africa region this week
March 24, 2026
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Türkiye expanded its solar energy capacity to 25,827 MW at the end of January 2026, from 40.2 MW in 2014. Solar accounted for 20.9% of total installed power capacity at the beginning of 2026. Solar electricity generation, which was 17 GWh in 2014, rose to 38,069 GWh by the end of 2025. Türkiye’s installed solar power capacity increased 641 times by the end of January 2026. The country plans to install 120,000 MW of installed solar and wind capacity by 2035.
