World’s Largest Solar Plant to Be Developed in Turkey
Oct262016
The facility will boast 1,000 megawatts, sufficient to power more than 600,000 households.
Solar Star I & II in Rosamond, Calif., the largest solar facilities in the U.S. generate 597 megawatts. enough to power more than 255,000 households.
Konya, Turkey—The Turkish minister of energy and natural resources Berat Albayrak announced the tender for a 1-gigawatt
photovoltaic solar power plant in Karapinar, Konya, which will be held in December. The announcement described it as “world’s largest photovoltaic solar plant will mark the new era for the renewable energy in Turkey”.
The facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2018. China, the U.S. and several European countries are expected to compete in the tender, which is set to attract more than $1.3 billion worth of investment to Konya. The solar power plant will be built on approximately 5,000 acres and is estimated to produce 1.7 billion KWh of electricity, enough to power more than 600,000 homes.
Bidding companies interested in participating in the project will have to deliver solar power plants able to produce 500 gigawatts of energy per year. The power plant will be able to export energy in the upcoming years.
The government will encourage the successful bidding companies to start energy production as soon as possible, considering that the 15-year guarantee of purchase period will include the production process. The government also laid down a condition to produce at least 65 percent domestic energy in the first phase and 75 percent in the second phase.
The Konya plant will open jobs for at least 1,000 technical staff, including 700 during the construction process, 350 in the operation process, 350 in R&D studies and 100 in engineering studies.
Image courtesy of SunPower Corp.
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World’s largest photovoltaic solar plant to be established in Konya by 2018
DAILY SABAH
ISTANBUL
Published October 20, 2016
An aerial view of Andasol solar power station near Guadix, southern Spain August 8, 2015. The plant is the biggest solar farm in the world and provides electricity for up to about 500,000 people. (Reuters Photo)
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak has announced that the tender for the 1,000 megawatt-photovoltaic solar power plant, which will be established in Konya's Karapınar district, will be held in December. Poised to be the largest of its kind in the world, the solar power plant will pave the way for a new period in Turkey's use of renewable energy resources.
The United States, China and many European countries aspire to compete in the tender, which will attract
$1.3 billion worth of investment to Konya. The solar power plant, which will be constructed on a nearly 2,000-hectare area, will produce 1.7 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, which is enough to be used in 600,000 houses.
Touching on the significance of the Karapınar solar farm among other renewable energy resource areas, Albayrak said that this is one of the first energy projects of its kind, which the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government introduced through its perspective that, "There is no rest for the weary."
Successful bidding companies will have to establish a solar power plant that is capable of producing at least 500,000 megawatts of energy a year. The power plant will be able to export energy in the upcoming years.
The project stipulates using domestic technology, research and development (R&D) studies and employing 80 percent domestic engineers. All processes required to create a solar model will be actualized in Turkey. This is a stipulation that will pave the way for technology-based domestic production in the country. The government will encourage the successful bidding companies to start energy production as soon as possible considering that the 15-year period of guarantee of purchase will include the production process. As such, the power plant will start producing domestic energy toward the end of 2018. The government also laid down a condition to produce at least 65 percent domestic energy in the first phase and 75 percent in the second phase.
The power plant will provide jobs for at least 1,000 technical staff, including 700 during the construction process, 350 in the operation process, 350 in R&D studies and 100 in engineering studies.
The investment will create a competitive environment in energy prices, as well as reducing energy costs. Investment options include partnership between domestic and foreign companies.
Turkey is set to hold a tender for a similar project in wind energy in the first quarter of 2017.
Underlining that Turkey has to benefit from domestic resources, especially coal, as well as domestic technologies in environmentalism, Albayrak said the country continues to grow through investments despite being poor in energy. It will further focus on domestic and renewable energy resources. With respect to the wind power plant tender, the government will offer alternative areas, which can attract investors' interest as production fields. The tender will be based on a win-win principle, which will appeal to investors.
http://www.dailysabah.com/energy/20...olar-plant-to-be-established-in-konya-by-2018
ACWA Power Plans 340 MW Wind Power Project In Turkey
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saurabh on October 21, 2016
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Saudi Arabia-based power project developer ACWA Power is set to enter renewable energy sector in Turkey.
ACWA Power has
announced plans to set up a large-scale wind energy project in Turkey. The proposed project will have an installed capacity of 340 MW. The company already has an operational gas-based power plant near the capital Ankara.
Expansion into Turkey’s renewable energy market is inline with the company’s similar operations and plans in other parts of the world. ACWA Power is working one of the largest solar power complexes in Morocco. The Noor-Ouarzazate solar complex is expected to have an installed capacity of 2 GW once it is fully operational by the end of the decade; ACWA Power is
working on some large-scale projects as part of the complex.
ACWA Power is also
operating a 50 MW concentrated solar power project in South Africa. The company is operating under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). The Bokpoort project has more than 9 hours of storage and can operate during the night as well.
AWCA Power, in partnership with Masdar Group, has also
announced plans to set up 1.5 GW solar power and 500 MW wind energy capacity in Egypt.
Last year, Turkey had
invited bids for 3 GW of wind energy capacity. Energy Market Regulatory Authority received applications from prospective developers to set up over 42 GW of wind energy capacity, nearly 14 times the available limit. The country aims to have 20 GW of installed wind energy capacity by 2023. It has also set a
target to procure 30% of all its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2023. The Turkish government is also looking to promoting other renewable energy technologies with target to set up 34 GW hydro power, 5 GW solar power, 1 GW geothermal power, and 1 GW biomass-based power capacity by 2023.
http://cleantechies.com/2016/10/21/acwa-power-plans-340-mw-wind-power-project-in-turkey/
