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Kalyon Karapinar Solar Power Plant will be the biggest solar power plant in Europe

Production continues at full speed for the Kalyon Karapinar Solar Power Plant. Kalyon Solar Technologies Factory, which was put into service last year, produces 1 million solar panels in 1 year, and when the power plant, which draws attention with its domestic production, is completed, it will be the largest in Europe and one of the five largest solar power plants in the world.

Kalyon Solar Technologies Factory, which was put into service last year, produced 1 million solar panels in 1 year. According to the statement made by the company, the capacity of the factory, which was established with an investment of $400 million, was increased from 500 megawatts to 1200 megawatts.

PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES

The module part, which is the first phase of the capacity increase at the Kalyon Solar Technologies Factory, has also been completed. The factory, which also has an R&D center established on a total area of 25 thousand square meters, plays an important role in the development of solar technologies.

IT WAS OPENED BY PRESIDENT ERDOGAN LAST YEAR

Kalyon Solar Technologies Factory, which was put into service by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on August 19 last year, completed its first year of operation and produced 1 million solar panels during its 1 year of operation.

IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST IN EUROPE

In the factory, production is carried out for the Kalyon Karapinar Solar Power Plant, the first phase of which has been completed and has become the largest solar power plant in Turkey by reaching an installed power of 370 megawatts. When the power plant is completed, it will be the largest solar power plant in Europe and one of the five largest in the world.

Kalyon Holding Chairman of the Board of Directors Cemal Kalyoncu, whose views are included in the statement, stated that the factory, which was put into service a year ago, has made an important progress in this period and said, “It has been a pioneering investment in terms of Turkey’s renewable energy and domestic production needs. Being aware of this responsibility, we aimed to be a production center that not only develops panels and energy but also technology. In addition to the very important studies carried out by our R&D center, where more than 100 engineers and researchers work, we have achieved great success in production technologies and practice. Our factory produced 1 million panels when it entered its first year. In addition, we started the production and sales of the M 10 model. 996 thousand of the 1 million panels produced were used in Kalyon Karapinar Solar Power Plant, the first phase of which we completed. With the increase in capacity, the number of employees, which was 1,400, will reach 2,100.”

Source: Sabah / Translated by Irem Yildiz

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