# Talk:Solar power in Turkey

The reason I moved it to "Solar energy in Turkey" was to make it match up with the "Solar energy" article, which is not just about electricity generation, whereas the "Solar Power" says "This article is about generation of electricity using solar energy. For other uses of solar energy, see Solar energy."
Should we not be consistent with those articles?
Jzlcdh (talk) 19:14, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

You have a point there, but then again, what do we do with the following pages that are all part of a "Solar power by country" group that includes this article?
Solar power in Australia
Solar power in Austria
Solar power in Albania
Solar power in Belgium
Solar power in Brazil
Solar power in Burma
Solar power in Canada
Solar power in Chile
Solar power in China
Solar power in the Czech Republic
..and so on, and that's just the first couple letters of the alphabet.
Actually, a couple of them down the list seem to be titled "Solar energy in [country]" as well. So your point is good. However, if you choose to move it, please do the following: Fix the link to this page from "power" to "energy" in Solar power by country#Turkey and most importantly, in Template:Solar power by country.
Cheers,
Ithinkicahn (talk) 21:53, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Solar power in Turkey/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: BigDom (talk · contribs) 06:39, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'll be reviewing this. BigDom (talk) 06:39, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Nitpicky grammar/prose points:
Lead

"Conditions for solar power generation are comparable to Spain. However, in 2020 Turkey ranked 8th in Europe for solar power." - where did Spain rank for comparison?
if still unclear please let me know Chidgk1 (talk) 12:31, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
Sounds good now. BigDom (talk) 09:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
What is the auction system?
Added 3 sentences at beginning economics section - if unclear let me know - if clear they should perhaps be moved to the variable renewable energy article and linked from here? Chidgk1 (talk) 14:50, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
@Chidgk1: I think these new sentences are great and give some much-needed context for non-expert readers. The following claims just need inline refs: "the government commits to buy at that price per kWh for a fixed number of years, or up to a certain total amount of power" and "Turkey does not have enough solar cell manufacturing capacity they would likely be bought from China and so would have to be paid for in foreign currency". Cheers, BigDom (talk) 16:00, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Cited Chidgk1 (talk) 17:22, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
"Bids for 1.5 GW are due in 2022." - what does this mean?
Changed to "Tenders for 1.2 GW of new solar power are due end May 2022" - if still unclear please say Chidgk1 (talk) 11:29, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
"Every gigawatt of solar power installed would save over US$100 million on gas import costs.[6]", "modelling by Carbon Tracker indicates that new solar power will become cheaper than all existing coal plants by 2023" - why no mention of these points in the Economics section?
Done Chidgk1 (talk) 16:53, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Policies and laws

"In 2022 there are applications for 2 GW" - doesn't match the 1.5 mentioned in the lead and is still unclear what these applications are actually for
Number is more than in lead as includes some wind whereas lead number is just solar - no details in source re share wind/solar - maybe I should remove as confusing? Chidgk1 (talk) 11:29, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, if there's a source that says 1.2 as in the lead then maybe lets stick with that one. BigDom (talk) 13:04, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
Removed number Chidgk1 (talk) 11:34, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
"Unlicensed plants can have monthly net metering" - maybe a few words about what this means to save the reader having to leave the article to find out (they may not come back!)
Done Chidgk1 (talk) 17:25, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Economics

"Wind speed and rainfall can be low in summer thus reducing wind generation and hydroelectricity.[24]" - this would be better placed in the new suggested "Background" section
Done Chidgk1 (talk) 11:33, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Heating and hot water

What is "GWth"?
Removed as maybe a mistake Chidgk1 (talk) 11:32, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
Photovoltaics

What is "CO2eq"?
wikilinked Chidgk1 (talk) 11:30, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Why does "adjacent power stations" link to coal power in Turkey - is "adjacent" some technical term?
No - amended - if still unclear please let me know Chidgk1 (talk) 11:54, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
"sell some electricity via the grid" - do they sell via the grid (directly to consumers) or to the grid (e.g. net metering)? Just wondering.
Good question but the Turkish source does not say - it just says they can sell (so I removed "via the grid") Chidgk1 (talk) 12:07, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
Concentrated Solar Power

Worth a line or two saying what CSP is and how it differs from photovoltaics, again to save the reader having to leave the page to find out
If you insist I will add - but for this country I think not worth the bother as we have so little CSP and very unlikely to add more in my opinion Chidgk1 (talk) 12:12, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
I have added a line myself, see what you think and feel free to edit. I also changed the name of the section to "Alternatives to photovoltaics" as the solar updraft tower is also mentioned there. Thanks for addressing the other points above, they look much better. BigDom (talk) 12:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
Yes both very minor so adding in one section was good idea Chidgk1 (talk) 16:53, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
@Chidgk1: Good work so far! I don't think any of these are major points but let me know if anything's unclear and I'll try and clarify. Cheers, BigDom (talk) 17:06, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Spot check on some references:

Ref 1 doesn't say anything about the climate or geography of Turkey as far as I can see.
Removed geography and put a different ref for climate Chidgk1 (talk) 11:56, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Ref 3 doesn't say anything about being similarly sunny to Spain.
Added map to show that Chidgk1 (talk) 14:05, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Ref 7 - maybe worth clarifying that the figure of 1 TWh refers to all electricity generation, not just solar
Ooops - removed thanks Chidgk1 (talk) 14:16, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Ref 12 gives the annual insolation as 2766.5 compared to 2741 in the article.
Sources disagree but if I rounded correctly our wording now covers both cites. Chidgk1 (talk) 14:22, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for dealing with these. BigDom (talk) 16:00, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Please could these be addressed? BigDom (talk) 09:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

@BigDom: That was very useful - hope I have covered everything - if anything else needed please say Chidgk1 (talk) 17:32, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
I think you're nearly there! Just had another look through and refs 4, 40, 50, 53, 60 & 65 (as of this diff) are still missing publisher info etc. Once they're done I'll have one last read through and pass if there are no more issues. Cheers, BigDom (talk) 18:03, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Done and some other cites Chidgk1 (talk) 18:17, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
@Chidgk1: I've had a last read through this morning and can't see anything else outstanding. I think the article now meets the Good Article Criteria, so I will promote it. Congrats, BigDom (talk) 05:24, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Huggums537 - not a big deal but curious to know why you unlinked International Solar Energy Society Chidgk1 (talk) 19:22, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi. It was a link within a link that was causing the article to show up in the category of lint errors when you click on the special pages link in the left column of the article and look at the maintenance categories. These links within links show up as lent errors because the media software cannot render a link that is inside another link as a separate link so the link inside essentially becomes invisible as the media software displays only the outside link. I'm not a coder or anything so I hope all that makes sense in my layman understanding of it. Huggums537 (talk) 22:03, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
@Chidgk1, the special pages link might also be in the upper right hand corner under the tools menu depending on which skin you are using... Huggums537 (talk) 02:35, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
@Huggums537 Have changed to be 2 links. I can see the special pages link. Chidgk1 (talk) 14:11, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
Perfect! That is exactly how I sometimes do it to preserve links, and I'm not exactly sure why I didn't do it that way this time, but I go through these pages somewhat quickly and have to make some snap decisions. I usually prefer to keep the links if they are useful and not duplicated elsewhere in the article. Huggums537 (talk) 14:33, 7 May 2023 (UTC)