How much solar capacity will be installed on Türkiye's rooftops?

It is therefore not clear what planned capacity will be installed on rooftops, land or water surfaces. Türkiye’s technical potential of at least 120 GW of rooftop solar capacity indicates that rooftops will play an important role in achieving the country’s solar energy capacity targets.

Does Türkiye have a solar roof?

Türkiye, which has ambitious solar targets, has a rooftop potential almost ten times its installed solar capacity. In addition to the current potential of roofs, tens of thousands of new buildings are being constructed every year in Türkiye with the rebuilding effort in the earthquake zone raising this figure even higher.

Will Türkiye's policies lead to a rapid increase in rooftop solar installations?

In fact, the installed rooftop capacity doubled for two consecutive years and reached 3 GW in 2022. Despite being far behind in rooftop solar power potential, Türkiye’s policies could likewise lead to a rapid increase in rooftop solar installations. Download Acknowledgements Cover photo Mikel Bilbao / Alamy Stock Photo Contributors

Does Türkiye have solar power?

The share of solar in electricity generation in Türkiye increased to 4.7% in 2022, lagging behind northern European countries such as the Netherlands (14%), Estonia (6.3%) and Denmark (5.8%), which have lower potential and smaller surface area compared to Türkiye. This remained true in the first half of 2023.

How has energy supply insecurity impacted rooftop solar?

South Africa is another example where energy supply insecurity has driven consumers to rooftop solar. In the country, where more than 80% of the electricity production is sourced from coal, the number of days with at least one hour of power outage increased from 14 in 2018 to 181 in the first half of 2023.

How to identify roofs in Türkiye?

In the analysis, the publicly available Microsoft Building Footprints database, which contains more than 1 billion roof coordinates stored as polygons, was used to identify roofs in Türkiye. For this study, the May 2022 update, stored as a “Feature Collection” in the Google Earth Engine, was used.