As Turkey welcomes delegates to the 2026 UN climate talks in Antalya and pushes for cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions, it can point to surging renewable energy capacity at home. The COP31 host has approved more than 33 gigawatts (GW) of battery storage projects since 2022 that can power over 27 million homes. Among the largest battery project pipelines in Europe, this storage will complement fast-expanding wind and solar energy that today provides 22% of electricity in Turkey, up from 4.5% a decade ago. Yet this clean energy upswing is a long way from compensating for an over-reliance on fossil fuels.
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