Turkey energizes its first major solar-plus-storage project

Turkey has officially brought its first large solar-plus-storage power plant online, with Oze Grup confirming that its Sivrihisar project in Eskisehir, roughly 140km southwest of the capital city Ankara, has completed all regulatory processes and entered operation.

Oze Grup announced the milestone in a LinkedIn statement, while trade press reported that the facility was formally inaugurated last week.

The Sivrihisar project combines a 49.2 MWp solar PV plant with a 34.1 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), making it the country’s first grid-connected hybrid asset developed under Turkey’s Sustainable Finance Framework (DGES framework) for licensed solar-storage projects. 

Photos from contractor and supplier Elin Enerji show CATL’s EnerC containerized liquid-cooling battery system in operation, each a 3.72 MWh BESS.

Oze Grup stated on LinkedIn that they were proud to be the first developer in Turkey to secure a DGES license, obtain project approval, and complete provisional acceptance. 

“We are now beginning to provide uninterrupted and clean energy, enhanced with storage technology, to our country’s energy system,” Oze Grup stated. 

“This achievement is the most concrete step towards our goal of a sustainable future and leadership in energy technologies.”

PVI Enerji served as EPC contractor for Oze Insaat ve Beton Sanayi, while BS Distributed Energy Systems (BS DES) was involved across all stages of the project. Additional contractors included ELIN Enerji, HMK Demir Celik, Sunroof Enerji and Solex Energy.