Karapınar Renewable Energy Resource Area

Karapınar Renewable Energy Resource Area
Official name Karapınar Yenilenebilir Enerji Kaynak Alanı
Country Turkey
Location Karapınar, Konya Province
Coordinates 37°41′34″N 33°32′53″E / 37.69278°N 33.54806°E / 37.69278; 33.54806Coordinates: 37°41′34″N 33°32′53″E / 37.69278°N 33.54806°E / 37.69278; 33.54806
Status Proposed
Construction cost over US$1.3 billion
Solar field
Type Flat-panel PV
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 1,000 MW
Annual net output 1,700 GWh

Karapınar Renewable Energy Resource Area (Turkish: Karapınar Yenilenebilir Enerji Kaynak Alanı, YEKA) is a proposed photovoltaic power station in Konya Province, central Turkey.

To be built at the YEKA area of Karapınar district in Konya Province, the plant will have 1,000 MW installed power.[1] With this capacity, it will be one of the world's largest solar power plant of its kind.[2] The project includes annual production of 500 MWp photovoltaic solar modules and a R&D Center.[1]

The tender for the construction was won on March 20, 2017 by a consortium of the Turkish Kalyon Group and South Korea's Hanwha, which offered the lowest kW·h-price with 6.99 US cent valid for an energy purchase term of 15 years. The amount of the investment is expected to exceed US$1.3 billion.[3] It is planned that more than 1,500 people will be employed in the project.[4] The start of the energy production is scheduled for the end of 2018.[2] When completed, the solar power station will annually generate 1,700 GW·h of electrical energy, sufficient to supply 600,000 households.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Karapinar Renewable Energy Resource Area Bidding Announcement". Invest in Konya. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  2. 1 2 "World's largest photovoltaic solar plant to be established in Konya by 2018". Daily Sabah. 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  3. ↑ "Dev güneş santrali için en iyi teklif o iki firmadan". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  4. 1 2 "Dev güneş santrali ihalesini kazanan belli oldu". NTV (Turkey) (in Turkish). 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-21.


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