Tender announcement for 42 new Wind Power Renewable Energy Resource Area (“YEKA”) power plant projects, the so-called mini wind YEKA Projects with a total capacity of 2000 MW (“Projects”) has been published in the Official Gazette on May 29, 2021.

General Information

The Projects will comprise 42 new wind power plants in connection capacities ranging from 20 MW to 90 MW at the specified connection regions. Please refer to the annex hereto for capacities and regions for each Project.

Project Model

The Projects will be developed through allocation in exchange for Use of Domestic Products (Yerli Malı Kullanım Karşılığı Tahsis Modeli) (“YMKT”) model envisaged under the YEKA Regulation published in the Official Gazette dated October 9, 2016 and numbered 29852. In the YMKT model, the YEKA usage right is assigned in exchange for a commitment to use domestic products within the renewable energy generation facilities. The awarded bidder will obtain the YEKA usage right by committing to use domestically manufactured equipment and accessories.

Procedure and Details

The tender will be conducted through the Dutch auction procedure upon the initial ceiling price of TRY 0,45/kWh for each project. The bidder who submits the lowest price will be awarded with the contest and such price will constitute the guaranteed electricity purchase price. The electricity purchase term for each MW of the connection capacity will commence from the date of the acceptance of the wind power plant and will continue throughout the period of transmission of the first 35 GWh power generated. In other words, differently from mini solar YEKA projects, the electricity purchase guarantee will be applicable for a certain amount power as opposed to a certain period of time.

Only legal persons established as joint stock companies or limited liability companies pursuant to the Turkish Code of Commerce numbered 6102 are entitled to participate in the tender. Purchase price of the Specifications is TRY 2000. Potential bidders may purchase the Specifications by paying the purchase price to the bank account of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources – General Directorate of Central Accountancy.

Next Steps

Potential bidders shall submit their applications by hand to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources – General Directorate of Energy Affairs on October 12, 2021 between 10 a.m. – 2. p.m, with a one-year letter of bank guarantee (bid bond) in the amount of TRY 500.000.

The awarded bidder shall provide a ten-year letter of bank guarantee in the amount of TRY 1 million at latest one day before the signing date of the YEKA Agreement and the bid bond will be returned to the awarded bidder.

The place, date and time of the contests will be published at a later date on the website of the General Directorate of Energy Affairs.

Annex: Connection Regions (Competition Names) and Connection Capacities

No.	Connection Regions (Competition Names)	Connection Capacities (MWe)
1	Adana	50
2	Adıyaman	40
3	Afyonkarahisar	50
4	Ağrı – Iğdır	20
5	Aksaray – Kırşehir – Nevşehir	70
6	Amasya – Samsun	60
7	Ankara – Kırıkkale – Çankırı	50
8	Antalya	60
9	Ardahan – Kars	20
10	Artvin – Rize – Trabzon	20
11	Bartın – Zonguldak – Karabük	20
12	Batman – Mardin – Diyarbakır – Şanlıurfa	40
13	Bayburt – Gümüşhane – Giresun	40
14	Bilecik – Eskişehir – Kütahya	70
15	Bingöl – Tunceli	30
16	Bitlis – Muş	30
17	Bolu – Düzce – Sakarya	40
18	Burdur – Denizli – Uşak	50
19	Bursa	60
20	Çorum – Kastamonu – Sinop	50
21	Edirne	40
22	Elazığ	40
23	Erzincan	30
24	Erzurum	30
25	Gaziantep – Kilis	40
26	Hatay	40
27	Isparta	50
28	Kahramanmaraş – Osmaniye	70
29	Karaman – Mersin	70
30	Kayseri – Niğde	90
31	Kırklareli	60
32	Kocaeli – Yalova	40
33	Konya	50
34	Malatya	80
35	Manisa	30
36	Ordu	50
37	Siirt – Şırnak – Hakkâri	30
38	Sivas	90
39	Tekirdağ	60
40	Tokat	60
41	Van	30
42	Yozgat	50

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