China’s Yingli Green Energy Holding said its subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Europe GmbH, will partner Motif Proje ve Insaat to develop a 20-megawatt solar project pipeline in Turkey.
Motif Proje focuses on developing solar projects and has already implemented several reference projects in the region. The two companies’ first jointly developed 10-MW project portfolio is located across four sites covering approximately 18 hectares in western Turkey. Development is now underway and construction is expected to begin in Q2 of 2016.
Yingli and Motif Proje also intend to collaborate on an additional 10 MW pipeline in Turkey, which they expect to complete by the end of 2016. “Turkey is an extremely promising market for solar project development due to its growing demand for electricity, large population of over 75 million people, and high levels of solar irradiation. There are currently 200 MW of PV projects under construction and additional 5 GW under application in Turkey,” said Anian Schreiber, Turkey Project Manager of Yingli Europe. “With the support of Motif Proje, we can rapidly scale our development activities in this high-potential market.”