This photo shows GiraSolar's solar panels in the Aegean province of Aydın.
March 28, 2011 - GiraSolar, a U.S.-Dutch solar company, has begun talks with a local energy firm to build Turkey’s first and Europe’s biggest photovoltaic power station while also manufacturing solar panels for export to Europe.
“We are planning to build Europe’s biggest solar plant in Turkey,” Chief Executive Officer Wieland M. Koornstra told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review during a Dutch business mission to Istanbul last week. The mission, which included representatives from 22 companies, was led by Henk Bleker, the Dutch minister for agriculture and foreign trade. {continued}
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Coming: Biggest Solar Plant
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"In the long term, it is better for Turks to have solar panels in their houses than buy power from the grid, he said." This not just for aesthetic reasons, but because the land that solar collectors are based on could be used for other purposes. Most homes and apartments should be able to produce their own energy needs from solar, wind, geothermal, hydro or biomass; or some combination of these depending on the region. One thing for sure, nuclear ought no longer to be a part of the equation in Turkey.
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