Wind power in Turkey  Wind power in Turkey is gradually expanding in capacity, mainly in the Aegean and Marmara regions. 20 TWh was generated in 2018 which was 7% of Turkey's electricity. By the end of 2018 Turkey had about 7 GW of installed capacity, with a techno-economic potential estimated at 38 GW onshore and 10 GW offshore. The Energy Ministry plans to have another 10GW installed in the 2020s. The first wind farm was built in Izmir in 1998.  19 MW of wind power was installed by 2006, almost 140 MW by 2007, then 1,265 MW at the end of 2010 and 1,645 MW by 2011.   total installed capacity was 7 GW and 20 TWh of electricity was generated that year. It is forecast to reach 8 GW during 2019 and the Energy Ministry and Energy Market Regulatory Authority (, EPDK) plan to have another 10GW installed in the 2020s. In 2017, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources launched a US$ 1 billion wind power investment project, and issued a request for tender. The project, titled YEKA ( or Renewable Energy Resource Areas), is for wind farms in five different regions in the country with a total power capacity of 1 GW and at least 3 TWh energy generated annually, an extra 1% of electricity in Turkey. The German-Turkish consortium of Siemens-Türkerler-Kalyon bid lowest at 0.0348 US$ per kWh. The consortium will carry out research and development, for ten years, on wind turbine blades, generator design, material technologies and production techniques, software and innovative gearboxes. The R&D activities will be performed by fifty technical personnel consisting of 80% domestic engineers, with a budget of US$ 5 million per year. In 2019 the second 1GW tender was won for 4 equal capacity projects in Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Aydın and Muğla. Turkey's feed-in tariff is fair and is available for renewable energy facilities which became operational before the end of 2020. In 2019 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invested 100 million USD in wind and solar power in Turkey. auction prices are around US$0.035 per kWh.   installed capacity was 7,005 MW (7 GW) compared to 51 MW in 2006.