Turkey seeks renewable energy industry with make-it-here rules

London

TURKEY is seeking to become a manufacturing hub for the renewable-energy industry by implementing the world's strictest rules on local content.

The nation that straddles the European and Asian continents is opening itself to overseas investors in a tender for utility-scale renewable energy contracts. Winners will be required to build photovoltaic panels within Turkey.

"The aspiration of the Turkish government is to actually encourage investors to establish a manufacturing facility in Turkey, for job creation, R&D and transfer of know-h…