Karapınar Renewable Energy Resource Area

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

Karapınar Renewable Energy Resource Area
Official nameKarapınar Yenilenebilir Enerji Kaynak Alanı
CountryTurkey
LocationKarapınar, Konya Province
Coordinates37°41′34″N 33°32′53″E
StatusProposed
Construction costover US$1.3 billion
Solar farm
TypeFlat-panel PV
Power generation
Nameplate capacity1,000 MW
Annual net output1,700 GWh

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. "Karapinar Renewable Energy Resource Area Bidding Announcement". Invest in Konya. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  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. "Dev güneş santrali ihalesini kazanan belli oldu". NTV (Turkey) (in Turkish). 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-21.


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