The Turkish government has published long-awaited rules for energy storage in its official journal. Local solar association Günder said the first projects will be approved in the middle of 2023...
The approach taken by Turkey''s government and regulatory authorities to adapt energy market rules will create "exciting" opportunities for energy storage and renewables. According to Can Tokcan, a managing partner at Inovat, a Turkey-headquartered energy storage EPC and solutions manufacturer, new legislation is expected to be adopted
Simplifying the procedure for adding photovoltaic and wind power capacity to storage facilities has turned the energy sector around, according to Turkey''s chief regulator. Chairman of Turkey''s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA or EPDK) Mustafa Yılmaz claimed it will essentially enable renewable electricity plants to produce baseload
Turkey''s government has introduced secondary legislation establishing the procedures and principles to install storage energy systems.
On November 19, 2022, several amendments (the Amendments) were made to the Electricity Market License Regulation (the Regulation) to complement the existing rules with respect to the development and operation of electricity storage units within the boundaries of generation plants.
Turkey''s government has introduced secondary legislation establishing the
Turkey''s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) has granted the f irst
The new provisions are aimed at implementing the primary legislation introduced in February 2020. The Turkish storage market may reach a size of 1 GWh per year within the next two years.
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The new provisions, which have been in force since May 9, when they were published in the country''s official journal, are aimed at implementing the primary legislation for the grid connection of energy storage systems that was issued by the Turkish authorities in February 2020.
“According to the regulation, a separate storage facility can be established adjacent to the production facility and consumption facility,” Eren Engur, a board member of the energy storage committee at the Turkish PV association, Günder, told pv magazine. “Distribution companies will be able to establish a storage facility by proving that it is cost-effective.”
Furthermore, Engur explained that storage systems deployed by distribution companies may not be used for power trading, only for grid balancing. “Storage systems can be installed by requiring approval [from] the energy regulator, EMRA … and more than [one] system can be deployed under a supply license,” he added.
Moreover, universities and technology development regions were given the right to establish storage facilities – provided that they have at least 1 MW of installed power – to be used in research and development studies.
With the new rules, the Electricity Network Regulation for storage services was also amended. A further regulation, to provide the technical criteria for the grid services that could be provided, is expected to be issued by the government by September 1.
According to Engur, who cited recent reports on the Turkish storage market, the country has the potential for 16 GWh in the residential segment, 21 GWh in the commercial and industrial sector, and more than 25 GWh in the utility scale business. “Moreover, the government has recently introduced other measures that allow [the inclusion of] storage systems at existing power plants,” he further explained. “Considering we have 7 GW of solar and 9 GW of wind in operation, we can expect a market size of 1 GWh per year within two years.”
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The Decision provides the following regulations for the completion periods of electricity storage facilities:
The procedures and principles regarding the establishment of electricity storage facilities were set forth by the regulation that entered into force on 9 May 2021. Please click here for our legal bulletin on the relevant regulation. The regulation on the procedures and principles regarding the acceptance of these facilities entered into force on 19 February 2020. The Decision provided another missing regulation that is needed for electricity storage facilities by envisaging their completion periods.
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- Electricity storage facilities will allow for more reliable and flexible power system, Turkey's top official says
Turkey''s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) has approved electricity storage regulations that will enable investors to build electricity storage facilities to accommodate more power from intermittent renewable energy sources, Mustafa Yilmaz, head of EMRA told Anadolu Agency on Thursday.
The new legislation covering electricity storage facilities will come into effect after publication in the government''s Official Gazette, Yilmaz said.
Market players will now be able to build storage facilities within their power plants, consumption facilities, or independent storage facilities based on this new legislation, paving the way for the integration of storage facilities into the power grid.
Yilmaz further explained that market players could avail of more competitive pricing by buying power and storing it when prices are low and selling power when prices are high.
Electricity storage facilities will enable the development of a more reliable and secure power system, especially with the growth in output from clean energy sources like wind or solar, which could generate intermittently depending on weather conditions.
As the country aims to add at least 1,000 megawatts of solar and 1,000 megawatts of wind capacity annually, these electricity storage facilities are important in maximizing clean energy capacity.
According to Yilmaz, this in turn will help Turkey increase this capacity more rapidly.
Turkey''s current installed capacity is around 97 gigawatts of which renewables account for approximately half.
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