- First governmentally licensed photovoltaic power plant to be build in Turkey
- Joint project with strategic partner Asunim
Sulzemoos, May 30, 2016 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and its partner for the Turkish market, Asunim Yenilenebilir Enerji Teknolojileri İnş. Müh. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti., a member of the Asunim group (“Asunim Turkey”), have been jointly awarded an order by Akfen Renewable Energies, a large Turkish conglomerate, to build a photovoltaic power plant with a total capacity of 10.2 MWp in Elazığ in Eastern Turkey. The project will be implemented in partnership with the European Development Bank (EBRD) for which it is the first PV project ever in Turkey. The Elazığ photovoltaic power plant also is the first governmentally licensed project to be built in Turkey. This includes the permission to build it as one large complex instead of as an array of single 1-MW-systems. Accordingly, the system will be the largest solar photovoltaic power plant in Turkey.
