Lead country
Turkey
Participating countries
Turkey
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From August 23, 2016 to August 29, 2022
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
- 7.1 Ensure universal access to sustainable, reliable energy
Project ID: 5323
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Technical team
- Energy Programme
Technical area(s)
- Renewable Energy
Sub-area(s)
- Type: On-grid, utility-scale
- Type: On-grid, rooftop
- Resource: Solar
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Rural areas
Transformed sector(s)
N/A
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Innovative approaches
Strategy
- Law regulation
- Capacity building
- Finance economy
Sub-strategy
- Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
- Institutional framework
- Demonstration sites/Pilot
- Technical capacity building
- Institutional capacity building
- Energy finance
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Private sector
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
- Sci-tech pathway
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Improve resilience
- Hazard control/mitigation
SDG target(s)
- 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy
- 7.1 Ensure universal access to sustainable, reliable energy
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
- Capital providers
- Individuals/Entrepreneurs
Hot topic
- Multi-stakeholder collaboration
- Poverty reduction
About this project
Description
This project will assist Turkey with the promotion and financing of on-grid village cooperative solar PV in forest villages. The public support and involvement in the initiative will be led by the General Directorate of Forestry, Department of Forest and Village Relations (aka ORKOY), working together with other key actors in the solar PV value chain, including private sector solar PV installers, Turkish utilities, and domestic and international banks as well as other institutions that provide financing.
Objectives
To support the successful launching of a sustainable energy financing mechanism within the ORKOY credit mechanism to ensure that there is at least 30 MW of installed capacity of grid-connected, residential solar PV in forest villages in Turkey (approximately 2.5% or 175,000 people living in forest villages will have their electricity needs met by solar PV ) by the end of the project.
USD $3,880,000
Grant amount
USD $52,625,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,880,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, General Directorate of Forestry (GDF), Forest Village Relations Department (ORKOY)
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