Karapınar solar power plant

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

Karapınar Solar Power Plant
Official nameKarapınar Güneş Enerjisi Santrali
CountryTurkey
LocationKarapınar, Konya Province
Coordinates37°47′27″N 33°35′05″E
StatusOperational
Construction beganApril 2020
Commission dateSeptember 2020
Construction costover US$1.3 billion
Solar farm
TypeFlat-panel PV
Power generation
Nameplate capacity1,000 MW
Annual net output1,700 GWh

Built at the YEKA area of Karapınar district in Konya Province, the plant will have 1,000 MW installed power when fully completed. With this capacity, it will be the largest single source of solar power in Turkey. 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 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] It became operational in September 2020.[4] When fully completed, the solar power station will annually generate 1,700 GW·h of electrical energy, sufficient to supply 600,000 households.[3]

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. "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.
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