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The 271 MW first phase of the 1 GW Karapinar solar power plant, which was commissioned under YEKA GES-1 tendering, has gone online in Turkey's Konya province.
On October 12, Turkey will collect initial bids in tenders for the construction and operation of 42 wind plants with a combined installed capacity of 2,000 MW under YEKA RES-3 (Areas of Renewable Energy Sources, Wind Power Plants-3) round. The price ceiling is set at TRY0.45 per kWh ($0.05 per kWh).
Turkey's electricity production
MWh
March 2020
Share
March 2021
Share
Natural gas
2,493,022
10%
8,143,709
30%
Import coal
4,837,643
20%
4,557,011
17%
Hydro
9,630,421
40%
6,197,431
23%
Lignite
2,976,804
12%
3,461,199
13%
Wind
2,144,401
9%
2,490,362
9%
Geothermal
894,552
4%
984,037
4%
Biomass
423,080
2%
584,521
2%
Hard coal
176,841
0.7%
318,734
1.2%
Asphaltit
214,939
0.9%
221,520
0.8%
Solar
25,091
0.1%
84,276
0.3%
Fuel oil
25,346
0.1%
28,351
0.1%
Total
23,842,140
100%
27,071,150
100%
7.1.7 Other sector news
7.2 Major corporate news 7.2.1 Transport corporate news
7.2.2 TMT corporate news
Turkiye Sigorta (TURSG) remained market leader on Turkey's insurance market with a 12% market share based on premiums generated in January-April.
In January-May, Istanbul Airport saw a 6% y/y decline in passenger traffic to 7mn. Some 2mn international travellers went through the airport, down 26% y/y. The number of domestic passengers increased by 7% y/y to 5mn.
Online rapid groceries delivery company Getir launched operations in Berlin on June 16 and in Paris on June 21.
The company launched operations in London in January and in Amsterdam in May.
Getir is planning to additionally go online in several cities in the US in Q4. Sao Paolo is scheduled for H2 2021. Mexico City is another target for Getir, launched in 2015.
On June 4, the company raised $555mn in a funding round.
In April, the Turkish competition board launched a probe looking at 32
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