Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Tuesday he had discussed a plan by China's Dongfang Electric Corporation to build a wind turbine facility in Turkey for some $250 million, with an annual capacity of 2 gigawatts.

Bayraktar said on X he held a "comprehensive meeting" with senior executives from Dongfang Electric in Ankara, adding Turkey aimed to reach an installed capacity of 120 gigawatts in wind and solar energy by 2035.
"While achieving this capacity, we also want to increase our country's turbine and panel production potential," he said, and added the plan would help solidify this goal.
"We evaluated the Chinese company's plan to establish a wind turbine production facility with an annual capacity of 2,000 megawatts in our country with an initial investment of approximately $250 million," Bayraktar said.

Dongfang Electric is also active in the Western Balkans. Dongfang Electric is leading the consortium reconstructing the Pljevlja coal power plant in Montenegro. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it has built solar power plant Bileća, of 60 MW in peak capacity, and the Stanari coal plant, both for EFT.

Dongfang Electric could cover Turkey’s annual wind power capacity additions by itself with future factory

At the end of July, electricity capacity in Turkey totaled 120.2 GW. Hydropower accounted for 26.9% or 32.3 GW, compared to 23.4 GW of photovoltaics (19.5%) and 13.7 GW of wind power, translating to 11.4%.

There are 150 manufacturers of wind turbine components and accompanying gear in the country, covering 65% of the technology, according to a recent report. Data from early this year showed there were seven production facilities for towers, four plants were making blades, and another four were manufacturing generators and gearboxes.

Wind power plants of 1.3 GW in total were installed last year. The annual expansion could top 2 GW in 2026.