Karapınar solar power plant

Solar power plant in Turkey

37°47′27″N 33°35′05″E / 37.7908°N 33.5847°E / 37.7908; 33.5847StatusOperationalCommission date

2022

Construction cost

$1,300 million

Owner(s)

Kalyon Group

Operator(s)

Kalyon Group

Solar farm Type

Standard PV

Project ManagerGürler DumanPower generationNameplate capacity

1,300 MW

Annual net output

1,700 GWh

External linksWebsitewww.kalyonenerji.com/en/portfolio

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

Built in the Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) in Karapınar district in Konya Province, the plant has 1,300 MW installed power and covers an area of 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi). With this capacity, it is 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 in 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 was 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 2020, and the 3.5 million panel^[4] plant was completed in 2023.^[5] The solar power station generates 1,700 GWh annually, sufficient to supply 600,000 households.^[3] The site was reported to have been selected because formerly agricultural land had been desertified by climate change in Turkey.^[6]

References

^ "Karapinar Renewable Energy Resource Area Bidding Announcement". Invest in Konya. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^ "Dev güneş santrali için en iyi teklif o iki firmadan". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 20 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Dev güneş santrali ihalesini kazanan belli oldu". NTV (in Turkish). Turkey. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ "Kalyon PV - Solar Power Plant". kalyonpv.com. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
^ "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.
^ https://balkangreenenergynews.com/photovoltaic-plant-of-1-gw-in-connection-capacity-inaugurated-in-turkey/

Power stations in Turkey

Nuclear

Akkuyu – 4,800 MW
Sinop – 4,480 MW

Renewable
energy

Geothermal	Gümüşköy – 13 MW Kızıldere – 95 MW
Hydroelectric	Adıgüzel – 62 MW Akköprü – 115 MW Aksu – 13 MW Alaköprü – 26 MW Alkumru – 265.5 M Almus – 27 MW Alpaslan-1 – 160 MW Alpaslan-2 – 280 MW Altınkaya – 700 MW Arkun – 237 MW Artvin – 340 MW Aslantaş – 138 MW Atasu – 5 MW Atatürk – 2,400 MW Bahçelik – 7 MW Batman – 160 MW Berdan – 10 MW Berke – 510 MW Birecik – 672 MW Borçka – 300 MW Boyabat – 513 MW Burç Bendi – 27.9 MW Çamlıgöze – 33 MW Çatalan – 169 MW Çetin – 405 MW Çınarcık – 100 MW Cindere – 29 MW Çine – 47 MW Cizre −240 MW Demirköprü – 69 MW Derbent – 58 MW Deriner – 670 MW Devecikonağı – 29 MW Dicle – 110 MW Ermenek – 300 MW Garzan – 49 MW Gezende – 159 MW Gökçekaya – 278 MW Gönen – 11 MW Güllübağ – 96 MW Gürsöğüt −242 MW
Solar	Greenway CSP Mersin – 6 MW Karapınar – 1,000 MW
Waste	Istanbul Waste Power Plant
Wind	Aliağa – 193 MW Bahçe – 135 MW Çanta – 47.5 MW Dağpazarı – 39 MW Mut – 33 MW Şamlı – 174 MW Soma – 140.4 MW

Fossil

Coal-fired	Afşin-Elbistan C – 1800 MW proposed Afşin-Elbistan B – 1440 MW ZETES-3 – 1400 MW Afşin-Elbistan A – 1355 MW Cenal – 1320 MW Emba Hunutlu – 1320 MW İsken Sugözü – 1308 MW ZETES-2 – 1230 MW Atlas – 1200 MW Bekirli – 1200 MW Soma – 990 MW Kemerköy – 653 MW Yatağan – 630 MW Çayırhan – 620 MW Seyitömer – 600 MW Soma Kolin – 510 MW Kangal – 457 MW Tufanbeyli – 450 MW Yeniköy – 420 MW Biga – 405 MW Şırnak Silopi – 405 MW Tunçbilek – 365 MW İzdemir – 350 MW Çan-2 – 330 MW 18 Mart Çan – 320 MW Çatalağzı – 315 MW Bolu Göynük – 270 MW Orhaneli – 210 MW Çolakoğlu – 190 MW ZETES-1 – 160 MW List of active coal-fired Silahtarağa – now museums
Gas-fired	Gebze - 1540 MW Unimar Marmara Ereğlisi – 480 MW

Coal-fired