Super Permit Omnibus Law for Renewable Energy Coming Soon

Content and Scope of the Regulation

The Super Permit Omnibus Law, aimed at accelerating renewable energy investments and simplifying bureaucratic permit processes, includes a series of legislative changes. With this new law, permitting, tender, and approval processes for renewable energy projects such as solar and wind power plants will become simpler, shorter, and better coordinated. According to Abdullah Tancan, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, preparations are nearly complete, and the proposal is expected to be submitted to the Turkish Parliament this week (AA, 2025).

This omnibus law introduces structural reforms to simplify the currently fragmented and multi-stage permitting processes:

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) decisions will be simplified based on threshold values and run concurrently with other procedures.

• Zoning plans and construction permits will be centralized, allowing completion in as short as 3 months (Enerji Günlüğü, 2025).

• Forest, pasture, and expropriation permits will be unified into a single permit, achieving up to 50% time savings.

• Urgent expropriation authority will enable quick resolution of private ownership obstacles for critical infrastructure projects.

  
  

Currently, permitting processes for energy investments take around 24-30 months; this is expected to be reduced to 6-12 months after the omnibus law (EPDK, 2025).

New Era for Solar Projects from Goldstein PD's Perspective

As Goldstein Project Development & Management, we have managed the permitting and development processes for various solar energy projects of different scales. Our current practice averages about 11 months for completing EIA, zoning, TEDAŞ project approvals, forest, and grid connection approvals.

With the new regulation, it will be possible to reduce this timeframe to 7-8 months. This improvement represents a significant advantage not only in terms of time but also project financing, allocation optimization, and investment profitability.

Tangible Benefits for Solar Investments:

• EIA processes: Currently 6-9 months → Can be reduced to 2-3 months (Ministry of Environment, 2024).

• Zoning and building permits: Currently 3-5 months through local authorities → Reduced to 1-2 months with a single responsible authority.

• Forest and pasture permits: Currently multi-stage and lasting 4-6 months → Unified permit completed within 1-2 months.

• Expropriation: Can now run concurrently with pre-licensing, saving 2-3 months in overall project planning.

These changes will not only shorten processes but also make permit applications more transparent, predictable, and digitally trackable.

Sectoral Developments and Goldstein’s Role

With this regulation, investors can plan their projects with much more predictable timelines. The permitting process, previously one of the critical uncertainties impacting investment decisions in solar projects, will become measurable.

Goldstein provides comprehensive project-based services, including site selection, pre-feasibility studies, application preparation, coordination with relevant authorities, permit tracking, and approval processes.

With this transformation, we are excited to reduce our average 11-month timeframe to approximately 7-8 months. This means faster cash flow from investments, more flexible project financing conditions, and quicker portfolio expansion.

Conclusion and Call to Action

A new era in energy investment begins with this omnibus law. The time needed to bring solar projects to life is decreasing, eliminating a major strategic uncertainty for investors.

Goldstein PD has the technical, strategic, and bureaucratic expertise to optimize every step of the process. Contact us to leverage the opportunities presented by the new regulation and accelerate your investments.

A new era in energy has begun. Are you ready?

References:

• Anadolu Agency - Super permit announcement

• Enerji Günlüğü - Details of the omnibus law

• EPDK - Announcements on permit process reform

• Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change