Turkey’s Solar Boom Shines Ahead of a UN Climate Summit but Coal and Other Fossil Fuels Loom Large
Coal still supplies 33% of Turkey’s electricity as critics say its climate plans lack a fossil-fuel phaseout.
- Turkey will host the COP31 climate summit in Antalya from November 9–20, bringing together tens of thousands of delegates to discuss implementing global climate goals.
- Last year, coal accounted for 33% of electricity generation, according to Turkey's Energy Ministry, while solar and wind combined reached nearly 23% of the nation's power supply.
- Despite renewable investments, Turkey's greenhouse gas emissions reached 584.5 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2024, and environmentalists hailed a court ruling annulling a coal plant expansion in Afsin-Elbistan earlier this year.
- Environment and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum plans to push a "climate implementation bridge" to connect pledges with financing, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has insisted his country remains committed to environmental protection.
- According to Duygu Kutluay of the Beyond Fossil Fuels advocacy group, plans for a coal phase-out are missing, complicating Turkey's pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2053 despite nuclear and renewable investments.
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Turkey’s solar boom shines ahead of a UN climate summit but coal and other fossil fuels loom large – WTOP News
KARAPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Row after row of solar panels stretches across a vast landscape in the central Turkish province of Konya, turning sunlight into electricity — and helping Turkey, the host of the upcoming U.N. climate summit, spotlight its efforts to expand renewable energy. Still, advocates for robust action on climate change say Turkey’s cleaner energy ambitions stand in sharp contrast to its continued reliance on coal. Campaigners also…
Turkey's solar boom shines ahead of a UN climate summit but coal
KARAPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Row after row of solar panels stretches across a vast landscape in the central Turkish province of Konya, turning sunlight into electricity — and helping Turkey , the host of the upcoming U.N.
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Turkey’s solar boom shines ahead of a UN climate summit but coal and other fossil fuels loom large
KARAPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Row after row of solar panels stretches across a vast landscape in the central Turkish province of Konya, turning sunlight into electricity — and helping Turkey, the host of the upcoming U.N. climate summit, spotlight its efforts to expand renewable energy.
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