World's Largest Rooftop Solar Power Plant Launched in Turkey

Mar 14, 2022 05:01 PM ET
  • China's Huawei as well as Turkey's Tosyali Holding are constructing the rooftop solar project with an investment of $71 million.
  • The 140MW project will assist cut 116,525 MT of carbon emission from the steel market of Turkey every year.

Huawei and Tosyali Holding have actually released the world's largest rooftop solar power project in the Osmaniye Province of Turkey, an official declaration stated. Huawei is a Chinese technology giant as well as Tosyali is a steel maker based in Turkey.

The overall investment made by the business will come up to $71 million, claimed the statement. The project involves the building of a solar photovoltaic or pv system at an existing plant of Tosyali in the Mediterranean province.

The firms state that the rooftop solar PV system will certainly have smart solar inverters provided by Huawei and combed onto the system by SolarAPEX-- among the leading solar power installers in Turkey.

Fuat Tosyali, chairperson of Tosyali, claimed that the rooftop project is planned to be finished by 2023, with a total installed power of 140 MW, and the project will certainly aid cut carbon emissions from steel manufacturing in Turkey by 116,525 statistics tonnes every year.

SolarAPEX General Manager Fatih Dogan, who likewise happens to be the Executive Director of the project, said, "At a time when the results of climate change are felt intensely, Tosyali Holding will certainly produce the greenest steel worldwide with this project."

" As a corporate citizen of Turkey, we do our best for green makeover as well as contribute to our nation's zero-carbon target," claimed Jing Li, General Manager, Huawei Turkey This year marks Huawei's 20th anniversary in Turkey. Li suggested if the nationwide branch has actually developed a solid company structure by sustaining the growth of information technologies and green energy in Turkey

RE Trajectory of Turkey.

Turkey imports nearly all of its oil as well as other energy sources that have actually burdened the economy for long. Hence, it wants to speedily enhance renewables' share in the fulfilment of its energy needs. Energy as well as Natural Resources Ministry data discloses that presently, Turkey has more than 7,800 MW energy originating from solar power resources.

In 2021 alone, 1,149 MW of solar power was contributed to the nationwide energy basket. The International Energy Agency thinks that Turkey will certainly witness its RE capacity expand by more than 50% by 2026. IEA states that solar will certainly make up regarding 80% of the total RE growth.


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