Karapınar solar power plant

Karapınar Solar Power Plant (Turkish: Karapınar Güneş Enerjisi Santrali) is a photovoltaic power station in Konya Province, central Turkey.

Karapınar Photovoltaic Power Station
Country
  • Turkey
Coordinates37°47′27″N 33°35′05″E
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 2022
Construction cost
  • $1,300 million
Owner(s)
Operator(s)
Solar farm
Type
Project ManagerGürler Duman
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 1,300 MW
Annual net output
  • 1,700 GWh
External links
Websitekalyonpv.com/gunes-santrali.html

Built in the Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) in Karapınar district in Konya Province, the plant will have 1,300 MW installed power when fully completed. With this capacity, it will be the largest single source of solar power in Turkey. The project includes a factory annually producing 500 MWp photovoltaic solar modules and a R&D Center.[1]

The tender for the construction was won on 20 March 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.[2] It is planned that more than 1,500 people will be employed in the project.[3] First panels became operational in September 2020, and the 3.5 million panel[4] plant is expected to be completed by May or June 2023.[5] When fully completed, the solar power station will generate 1,700 GWh annually, sufficient to supply 600,000 households.[3] As of April 2022 installed capacity of the plant is 700 MW.[6]

References
  1. "Karapinar Renewable Energy Resource Area Bidding Announcement". Invest in Konya. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. "Dev güneş santrali için en iyi teklif o iki firmadan". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 20 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. "Dev güneş santrali ihalesini kazanan belli oldu". NTV (in Turkish). Turkey. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  4. "Kalyon PV - Solar Power Plant". kalyonpv.com. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  5. "Turkey's giant solar field commences power generation". Hürriyet Daily News. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
    - Doğan, Abdullah (28 September 2020). "Karapınar GES'te 4 megavatlık enerji şebekeye aktarılıyor" (in Turkish). Anadolu Ajansı. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. "Turkey's Karapinar PV plant to be fully operational by end-2022 - report". Renewablesnow.com. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
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