Hanwha Q Cells Joint Venture Starts Construction of 500 MW PV Manufacturing Facility in Turkey

Ankara, Turkey - Hanwha Q Cells, a photovoltaic manufacturers of high-quality, high-efficiency solar modules, announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 500 MW of fully integrated photovoltaic manufacturing facility in Ankara, Turkey on December 21, 2017.

The new production facility is result of the Karapinar Renewable Energy Resource Area (Yeka) tender, which the Turkish government had awarded to the consortium of Hanwha Q Cells and Kalyon Enerji in March 2017. In addition to the manufacturing facility, Hanwha-Kalyon joint venture will also establish on-site R&D center to carry out various R&D projects in solar technology. The manufacturing facility will be fully integrated from ingot, wafer, cell and module processes, and once completed, the module produced from this facility will be used for the construction of the 1,000 MW (AC) solar power plant to be built in Konya-Karapinar, Turkey.

Hanwha Q Cells will implement its proprietary Q.antum high efficiency solar cell technology. According to Q Cells Q.antum technology boosts the real life yields from a solar system, by applying a passivation layer on the solar cells back side (PERC), by adding various technological features. As the company points out, Hanwha Q Cells has vast experience in the PERC cell technology and reached the milestone of 1 billion mass production of Q.antum solar cells in the summer of 2017.

“Today, we lay the foundation for the future of energy technologies and enrich renewable alternative energy sources in Turkey”, says Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. “Yeka project is one of the most ambitious energy projects in the world today, and can only be realized by high competencies and expertise by Hanwha Q CELLS, a global leader in solar power, and Kalyon, a leader in construction and infrastructure projects.”

Source: IWR Online, 28 Dec 2017