Turkey is set to enhance its renewable energy contribution to electricity production, aiming for a 47.8% share in 2025, as indicated in the recent budget proposal from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.

The proposal outlines plans to boost the capacity of solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric power plants. The government intends to increase the installed capacity to 22,600 megawatts (MW) for solar, 14,800 MW for wind, 32,395 MW for hydroelectric, and 4,487 MW for geothermal power by 2025. This increase follows a current renewable share of 42.7%, with an expected rise to 45% by the end of 2024.

Efforts are also underway to diminish the reliance on imported energy sources, with a goal to elevate the domestic resource share in electricity production to 58.9% by year-end and 59.4% by 2025. Natural gas's contribution is projected to decrease from 21.4% in 2023 to 20.7% by the end of 2024, and further down to 18.9% by 2025.

Additional initiatives include boosting the daily regeneration capacity of natural gas storage facilities to 155 million cubic meters and improving the electricity transmission loss rate to 1.96% by 2025. The Ministry anticipates a budget allocation of TL 45.3 billion ($1.33 billion) for 2025 to support these objectives.