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China’s Talesun Solar, Turkey’s Cengiz

to build first Turkish hybrid plant

CHINA CHINA’S top-ranked photovoltaic (PV) mod- this cooperation. Our project will be the first
ule manufacturer, Talesun Solar, has announced hybrid power plant model in Turkey. Our works
that it has signed a sales agreement with Cengiz on the investments continue for many solar
Energy, a subsidiary of Cengiz Holding, one of power plants that are in the planning phase. In
the largest Turkey energy investment companies this sense, we are in contact with Talesun Solar
for solar PV products. for the projects for which investment plans are
The deal will produce the largest and first made. We expect that our cooperation will con-
hybrid power plant in Turkey. tinue for both parties.”
The deal is reportedly “for 130 MW PV William Sheng, president of Talesun Solar,
module shipment for a separate 80 MW SPP + was quoted as stating: “Talesun is very happy
Hydroelectric Power Plant in Bingol, Turkey as to work with Cengiz Energy for this largest
Hybrid Power Plant and 50 MW Solar Power hybrid power plant in Turkey and will deliver
Plant for self-consumption project in Konya, PV modules with best quality. We are delighted
Turkey”. to see that the superior quality of our products
The solar park with a total capacity of 80 MW and the proven track record of performance are
will utilise 198,870 pieces of Talesun’s high-effi- recognized by Cengiz Energy. This new collabo-
ciency 144 cells module type used with half-cut ration with Cengiz Energy is very important for
technology and with power of 400 W and 405W, Talesun.
the report said, adding: “It will be installed next “For years Talesun continues to help our
to a hydroelectric plant with an installed power global customers to achieve their PV installation
of 500 MW. It is planned to be built on an area of targets with quality, reliability, and profitability.
approximately 1.200.000 m2. The whole project Talesun has also invested 50 MW solar project in
will provide clean power energy of 127 GWh per Turkey. We are very optimistic about the revival
year and expect to reduce carbon emission by of the European and Eurasian solar PV market
143784,88 T annually in comparison with tradi- and looking forward to playing our role in more
tional coal power. The entire project is expected clean energy projects.”
to be finished by January, 2021.” According to the Bloomberg report “Q2
Mustafa Eskicirak, general manager of Cen- 2020 Global PV market outlook”, the annual PV
giz Energy, was cited as saying: “We signed an installation of Turkey will reach to 760 MW in
80MW PV module agreement as the first hybrid 2020 and 1.4 GW in 2021.
project with Talesun Solar. We will receive the Cengiz Holding has been investing in infra-
PV modules that we trust in technology and structure projects since the foundation of Cengiz
high efficiency, in October within the scope of Insaat in 1987.™

Flood forces China’s Tongwei to cut

polysilicon capacity by a quarter

CHINA TONGWEI Group, a Chinese feedstock and cells.
solar raw material supplier, has closed down a “The city is encountering a once-in-a-century
quarter of its polycrystalline silicon, or polysil- flood. We received a notice this morning from
icon, capacity because of severe flooding this local emergency management bureau to stop
week in southeastern China. production immediately,” said a spokesman at
Tongwei’s polysilicon-focused subsidiary, Tongwei Group.
Yongxiang Co., on August 18 closed its 20,000- “We have evacuated all workers from the
tonne plant in Leshan city in Sichuan Province, plant and will wait further notice from the emer-
as the city issued a Level I flood alert, the highest gency bureau to reopen.”
on its four-tier scale. Reuters reported. The River Yangtze and several of its tributar-
Polycrystalline silicon is a raw material used ies have risen to dangerous levels after days of
by the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry to make heavy rain, forcing tens of thousands of people

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