Armed conflict makes Statkraft write off hydro project
As fights between government forces and the rebels intensified in southeastern Turkey, Statkraft stated in its quarterly results it decided to suspend most of the construction works for the Çetin hydropower plants on the Botan river. The two facilities planned for total capacity of 517 MW are the Norwegian company’s biggest project outside the home […]
Phoenix Solar, partner win 4.9 MW project
German solar system integrator Phoenix Solar AG said it will build four solar power plants with a total capacity of 4.9 MW in Turkey in partnership with Asunim Yenilenebilir Enerji Teknolojileri, SeeNews reported. The companies have been jointly awarded the contract by a Turkish governmental enterprise. The solar arrays, which will use Jinko polycrystalline solar […]
London airport buys solar panels made in Turkey
Southend Airport, located east of the capital of the United Kingdom, is installing solar energy panels from Turkey, the company leading the project announced, as reported by Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal. Over 9,500 high-efficiency solar panels were produced in Istanbul, where Chinese company CSUN established the country’s largest solar panel factory in 2013, with 350 […]
National regulator approves wind power pre-licenses
Energy watchdog EMRA evaluated pre-license applications for wind power plants and submitted them to the Turkish General Directorate of Renewable Energy (YEGM) for technical evaluation, head of EMRA said on November 27, and Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal reported. The Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (Teiaş) offered 3 GW of transmission capacity for wind energy production up […]
China, Turkey to cooperate in solar power projects
A goodwill agreement to build a 60 MW solar power plant in Şanlıurfa was signed with China. The investment in the city in Turkey’s southeast is worth USD 60 million (EUR 55.95 million), Anadolu Agency’s Energy Terminal reported. State-owned nuclear company CGN and Turkish renewable company Else signed the agreement in Ankara to establish 60 […]
Yingli of China developing 20 MW solar portfolio
Companies from Turkey and China which developed solar plant projects of 10 MW across four sites on 18 hectares now move on to additional facilities of a total of 10 MW, which they expect to complete by the end of 2016. The initial investments in western Turkey are underway and construction is expected to begin […]
CIS thin-film solar plant goes online in Kayseri
Turkey saw its first utility-scale photovoltaic facility in the technology of copper, indium and selenide (CIS) commissioned in August, industry sources reported. The Ege Sarıoğlan GES system in Kayseri province in the central part of the country was mounted with thin film–based panels in three months. The project was spearheaded by Istanbul-based Smart Energy Group, […]
Schletter completes 5 MW solar park in Niğde
The construction works for a solar farm have been finished after 45 days of installation, said Schletter AŞ, subsidiary of Schletter GmbH from Germany. The company said it completed the procurement of structures to one of the biggest solar projects in the Niğde area in Central Anatolia, in a partnership with Tegnatia regarding T-Dinamik’s solar […]
