Turkey's energy storage industry unveils national project map as members' battery portfolio reaches 935 megawatt-hours

Battery storage projects handled by members of Turkey's Energy Storage Systems Association (EDSİS) over the past year total 935 megawatt-hours (MWh), the group said as it unveiled a national map of storage projects, according to an article published Friday by ekoIQ.

The figures were presented at the fourth Energy Storage Systems Summit in Ankara on Oct. 8, organized by EDSİS and the Energy Digitalization Association (EDİDER). The 935 MWh portfolio covers projects in which members worked on investment, production, engineering, technology supply, installation or inspection, including plants in operation, in commissioning and under construction.

The Türkiye Storage Map is meant to show where investment is concentrated, how far projects have advanced and how the sector is developing by region. EDSİS plans to update it with industry input and make it publicly available.

Storage is becoming central to Turkey's effort to fit more renewable power into its electricity system, letting operators use the power they generate more efficiently and making the grid more flexible.

"In the energy transition, it is no longer enough to talk only about how much electricity we produce," said C. Can Tutaşı, chairman of the EDSİS board. "Producing clean energy is an achievement; making it usable at the moment it is needed increases the value of that achievement."

Tutaşı said storage investments should be judged by their contribution to the energy system, not just their capacity, and called for attention to a battery's full life cycle, from raw materials to recycling.

This brief is based on an article published Oct. 16, 2026, by the ekoIQ editorial team. Read the original: https://www.ekoiq.com/turkiyenin-enerji-depolama-haritasi-tanitildi/