To reach this 21% reduction goal, Turkey plans to raise its solar capacity to 10 GW and its wind capacity to 16 GW by 2030.

Azerbaijan is the second-largest natural gas supplier to Turkey accounting for a quarter of total imports, after Russia (33%).

Within one year, Turkey has completed five deep-sea drillings in the Black Sea at the Sakarya field, where it has discovered more than half a trillion cubic meters of natural gas since August last year.

Turkey intends to award 2,000 MW of solar and 2,000 MW of wind.

The two leaders are to hold broad talks on steps to further improve bilateral relations and to chair the first meeting of the Turkey-Libya High Level Strategic Cooperation Council.

Turkey will be blending hydrogen, promoted as a clean, efficient and sustainable energy source, with natural gas with the new facility

Turkey aims to produce 50% of its electricity from renewables by 2023 (up from 44% in 2019). Solar accounts for around 7% of Turkey’s installed capacity, with 6 GW at the end of 2019.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the ceremony via videoconference. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez, ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev and Akkuyu Nuclear JSC CEO Anastasia Zoteeva were present at the Akkuyu NPP site.

Turkey wind energy contributed to over 10% of the country's total electric production for the first time.

Turkey plans to invest a total of $9.3 billion (TL 66.56 billion) in electricity distribution during the upcoming five-year period