In the Turkish province of Konya on Tuesday, May 5, the opening of the largest solar power plant (SES) in Europe will be opened.
SES “Karapinar” with a capacity of 1350 MW belongs to Kalyon Energy.
As Anadola told the press service of the company, the Karapinar SES covers an area of 20 million square meters. meters. Installation work on the site of the solar power plant started in January 2020.
with the conclusion by full force, the Karapinar SES will increase the share of the established power of the solar energy of Turkey by 20 percent. The solar power station consists of 3,256,038 solar panels produced at the Kalyon Fotovoltaik.
Active financial support to the project was provided by the British government. The total cost of the SES project is estimated at $ 1 billion. A significant share of this amount is allocated through the British export-credit agency UKEF.
The solar power plant will produce 3 billion kW of electricity annually, which corresponds to 1 percent of electricity consumption in Turkey.
At the expense of the new SES, about 2 million people will be satisfied.
In addition, the power plant will prevent emissions of 2 million tons of harmful substances into the environment.