Smart Energy Group and Solar Frontier announce Turkey’s first commissioned CIS thin-film solar power plant

Smart Energy Group and Solar Frontier announced today the first CIS solar power plant to be commissioned in Turkey.

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    Named Ege Sarioglan GES, the 1 MW CIS power plant was developed by Smart Energy Group in Kayseri Province and financed by, Yap? Kredi, one of the largest and long-established bank in Turkey.

    “Smart Energy Group is proud to connect the first free-field CIS solar power plant in Turkey,” said Halil Demirda?, CEO of Smart Energy Group. “Our latest solar power plant sets a new solar power plant performance benchmark in Turkey because we know what CIS can do compared to other solar energy technologies – in terms of performance, economics and quality.”

    Smart Solar provided the engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) services for Ege Sarioglan GES. The construction of the power plant started in May 2015 and was completed after just three months in July 2015. Electric utilities Turkish Electricity Distribution Inc (“TEDAS”) and Kayseri and Its Vicinity Electricity Turkish Inc (“KCETAS”) commissioned the power plant shortly after in August 2015. Going forward, Smart Energy Group will also provide operating and maintenance (O&M) services.

    Solar Frontier’s CIS modules were selected for their higher energy yield in real-world conditions compared to crystalline silicon modules. This is due to a number of technological performance advantages. A low temperature coefficient is one of these, enabling CIS solar power plants to perform well even at high temperatures such as in Turkey.

    Wolfgang Lange, Managing Director of Solar Frontier Europe, added, “Turkey’s climate and environment bring out the performance advantages of CIS, especially when used in well-designed power plants such as Ege Sarioglan GES by Smart Energy Group. We are proud to work with Smart Energy Group on Turkey’s first commissioned CIS solar power plant and look forward to continuing to meet Turkey’s demand for clean, renewable and economical energy.”

    Ege Sarioglan GES uses 6,768 Solar Frontier modules with 170 W nominal power and two 500 kW central inverters on approximately 20,000m² of land. Smart Energy Group has designed Ege Sarioglan GES for maximum energy yield by using high quality equipment and adjusting the angle of the arrays in the summer and winter. As a result, Ege Sarioglan GES is expected to produce approximately 1.9 GWh of electricity the first year.

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