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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondent

Turkey to race ahead of EU on battery storage amid fossil fuel crisis

A man carrying a solar panel between banks of panels
Solar panels in Turkey's Van province. Batteries amplify the benefits of renewables by storing electricity to be released on cloudy or windless days. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Turkey has given the green light to more batteries to buffer its electricity grid than any EU member state, a report has found, in a further sign of rich countries losing steam in the race to a clean economy.

More than 33GW of battery capacity have been approved in Turkey since 2022, according to the climate thinktank Ember, while the total planned and operational capacity in European frontrunners that started deploying them earlier, such as Germany and Italy, is 12-13GW.

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