Turkey plans $28 billion transmission grid buildout to hit its 2035 clean energy targets
Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar says Turkey will invest $28 billion in transmission infrastructure by 2035, nearly doubling grid capacity to support a target of 120 gigawatts of wind and solar.
According to a report published Friday by İklimHaber's newsroom, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Turkey will invest $28 billion in transmission infrastructure through 2035, part of a broader push to modernize the country's power grid alongside a planned $80 billion in new generation capacity. The minister said the investment is needed to support a target of 120 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity by 2035.
Turkey's transmission network has already grown substantially over the past two decades: line length increased 80%, from 43,000 kilometers to 77,000 kilometers, between 2005 and 2025, while the number of transformer stations grew from 512 to 824 and individual transformers more than doubled, from 1,096 to 2,215 units. The new investment plan includes 9,580 kilometers of high-voltage direct current corridors and 15,000 kilometers of new alternating current transmission lines.
Bayraktar tied the grid expansion directly to Turkey's broader electrification goals, citing a target of 35% electrification by 2035 as a key policy objective that depends on grid modernization to succeed. The announcement signals that Turkey sees transmission capacity, not just new power generation, as a central bottleneck in its energy transition.
İklimHaber (Haber Merkezi): https://www.iklimhaber.org/enerji-bakani-2035e-kadar-iletim-altyapisina-28-milyar-dolarlik-yatirim-yapilacak/
This article was produced with the assistance of AI tools and reviewed by an editor before publication.
