Van’s renewable energy adds 1.5 billion lira to the economy each year

Van contributes approximately 1.5 billion lira annually to the national economy with renewable energy derived from solar, wind, water and waste sources. AK Party Van MP Kayhan Türkmenoğlu noted that natural resources are being used efficiently to ensure energy supply security.

Scraper SystemJuly 27, 2026, 08:44 PM

Van’s renewable energy adds 1.5 billion lira to the economy each year

With its high sunshine duration, strong wind potential, and rich water resources, Van is among Turkey’s prominent provinces in renewable energy production. In 2025, the city’s solar, wind, hydroelectric and waste facilities produced a total of 534,604.81 megawatt-hours of electricity, contributing approximately 1.5 billion lira to the economy.

Record contribution from solar and wind energy

Van, which takes its name from Tuşba meaning “sun city” in the Urartian era, contributed 698,561,064 lira with 264,410.90 megawatt-hours of solar energy production. The high-altitude wind farm in the Gevaş district produced 198,878 megawatt-hours of electricity worth 614 million lira.

Environmentally friendly production from water and waste

Hydroelectric facilities contributed 119,840,770 lira with 46,116.95 megawatt-hours of production, while Van Metropolitan Municipality Integrated Solid Waste Facility contributed 67,231,066 lira with 25,198.96 megawatt-hours. Thus, Van produced a total of 534,604.81 megawatt-hours of electricity from four main renewable sources.

“We are working to turn natural resources into energy”

AK Party Van MP Kayhan Türkmenoğlu said that the efforts carried out with the aim of maintaining energy supply security at the highest level are bearing fruit in Van. “We produce a total of 534,604.81 megawatt-hours of electricity in Van. We provide approximately 1.5 billion lira of support to the national economy annually. The efficient and appropriate use of resources will solve many problems on its own,” he said.

Türkmenoğlu emphasized that water resources will not be allowed to flow away unused, that this resource is being converted into energy through dams, that the northern winds in the west are being utilized via wind power plants (RES), and that the biological treatment plant as well as the facility that produces electricity from waste are significant achievements.

The MP noted there is intense interest in solar power plants, saying, “We are trying to support our citizens who have obtained licenses to effectively utilize them by building infrastructure for their investments. There is no problem in delivering the produced electricity to the consumer; in fact, we have a surplus of energy.”

Türkmenoğlu concluded by explaining that in addition to the 3 transformer centers built by TEİAŞ, investment in 2 new transformer centers is ongoing: “When these investments are completed, we will supply electricity from Van to Iğdır, Iran, and Nakhchivan. It is not for nothing that we say Van will become an energy hub.”

Van’s renewable energy adds 1.5 billion lira to the economy each year