Ukraine's power infrastructure was "under massive enemy attack" on Thursday, the energy minister said, after a countrywide air raid alert was declared due to incoming missiles.
Türkiye will bolster Europe''s position against various threats, particularly with the update of the Customs Union during U.S. President-elect Donald Trump''s second term, as Europe''s strategic environment is expected to face challenges, says Markus Slevogt, president of the European Turkish Trade and Investment Council (ETTIC).
Türkiye spurned the opportunity to finish atop its group in the UEFA Nations League and qualify for League A directly with a 3-1 loss at Montenegro on Nov. 19 night.
Turkey on Wednesday witnessed an opening of the first integrated solar panel manufacturing facility, which promises to place Turkey among the leading nations in the renewable energy area.
Established in the capital Ankara''s Başkent Organized Industrial Zone, the major solar ingot-wafer-module-cell production factory was opened in a ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
"The facility, which will be implemented through an investment of $400 million and will employ 1,400 people, will place Turkey among leading nations in the renewable energy area," Erdoğan said in his speech.
It will be manufacturing solar panels with a capacity of 500 megawatts per year and prevent millions of dollars of imports.
"Turkey has come to a position where it manufactures technology in renewable energy," Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said in his speech at the ceremony, expressing beliefs that the country will move forward in other technology areas as well.
"One by one, we are taking steps to end our country''s external dependency," Albayrak said. "We are starting to produce our national energy with our clean and independent energy technology," the minister said on Twitter prior to the opening.
Implemented with an investment of around $400 million, Kalyon Group''s facility will produce components for Turkey''s biggest solar power plant, which will be established in the Karapınar district of the central Anatolian province of Konya as part of the first solar Renewable Energy Resource Zone (YEKA) tender with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts.
Kalyon Holding, together with a South Korean Hanwha Q-Cells consortium, won the tender for Turkey''s biggest solar power plant project – the Karapınar Renewable Energy Resources Zone Project – in March 2017 at a cost of $0.0699 per kilowatt-hour. However, Hanwha will not continue with the project and China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) has stepped in to construct the facility and to provide additional two years of technical assistance after the turnkey contract expires.
Under the tender rules, solar components are to be produced locally, and the tender also stipulates that local engineers should constitute 80% of the project''s workforce.
The construction of the module cell factory to produce four units – ingot, wafer, module and cell, was inaugurated at a groundbreaking ceremony in December 2017. The officials had earlier said the factory would begin its operations on June 15.
The plant, which will be manufacturing solar panels with a capacity of 500 megawatts per year, will provide employment to around 1,400 people. The plant is also expected to have a significant contribution to reducing the country''s trade deficit as it is said to prevent $100 million worth of solar panel imports per year.
The components produced at the facility will be used for Karapinar YEKA in the first three years of operations, after which the Turkish company might explore supplies to other local projects and international markets.
"The factory will add to the dynamism of the renewable energy industry," Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez said in his speech.
The facility holds a significant place in Turkey''s national energy policy. Two-thirds of the country''s electricity generation is derived from domestic and renewable resources, Albayrak said on Tuesday.
"Turkey''s electricity generation from domestic and renewable resources reached 90% on May 24," the minister noted.
Monocrystalline solar panels
Of the two types of technology most widely utilized in solar panels worldwide, Kalyon''s panel facility will produce the higher efficient monocrystalline solar panels rather than polycrystalline solar cells.
Monocrystalline solar panels are currently the most widely used worldwide and are even expected to become more widespread in the future.
CETC is one of the biggest companies in China and is known for building China''s first satellite, airborne radar and guided missiles, and for developing and manufacturing electronics.
- Turkey's Energy Minister hails private sector that attracted over $100 billion investment in various sectors over 15 years
Turkey''s Renewable Energy Resource Zone Project (YEKA) inaugurated Turkey''s first integrated solar module, cell and panel production factory at a ground-breaking ceremony in the capital Ankara on Thursday.
The photovoltaic (PV) factory to be located in Ankara''s industrial zone will produce components for Turkey''s biggest solar plant facility, the YEKA project in Karapinar in the Konya province.
According Albayrak in October 2016, the Karapinar solar project will meet the energy needs of more than 600,000 households.
In accordance with the rules of the tender, solar components are to be produced locally and the tender also stipulates that local engineers should constitute 80 percent of employment in the project.
At the ceremony held at the PV Cell and PV module Factory and Research and Development Center in Ankara, Albayrak said that the factory that attracted $500 million in private sector contributions was testament to the secure environment that Turkey has developed for investments adding that ''Turkey is ready for global competitiveness in the energy sector.''
Turkey''s private sector had attracted over $100 billion in 15 years, he said.
With the help of new energy investment, Turkey will reduce its energy dependency, a goal that the minister said is highly important for the country having had an energy expense bill of on average over $55 billion per year for the past 10 years.
In March 2017, the Kalyon-Hanwha consortium won the tender bid for the construction of the solar facility at a cost of $0.0699 per kilowatt-hour. Now this new integrated solar production factory will produce the equipment for this facility.
Also at the opening ceremony, Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim said that the solar production factory would be finished ahead of schedule within 12 months.
The construction of the photovoltaic equipment production factory was agreed within 21 months following the signing of the tender agreement.
Yildirim explained that clean energy and the increased deployment of renewable energy is part of the country''s goals to diversify its energy resources.
He said that over the past few years, the use of clean energy sources and energy production from these sources, which increased from 20 percent to 32 percent, was insufficient for a country like Turkey.
''It is important for Turkey to increase the number of clean energy projects, and more importantly it is also important to build research and development centers so Turkish citizens can avail of new energy technologies,'' he added.
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