Tarık Sarvan, Chairman of the Board of Directors ofCW Enerji: ‘With the regulation published in the Official Gazette on 18 January, it has been made easier to install solar power plants up to 10 kilowatts on roofs and to sell surplus to the grid. With the regulation, especially the distribution periods were shortened and the application was made easier, and in case of moving out of the house, it was possible to transfer the roof power plant to the new owner or tenant of the house. Income tax and related VAT exemption was introduced for those who sell the electricity they generate from roof and facade applied renewable energy production facilities to supply companies. For this reason, we anticipate that the solar energy systems sector will mobilise due to this situation, which provides great convenience.’
Tarık Sarvan, Chairman of the Board of Directors ofCW Enerji, evaluated the latest situation of the solar energy sector.
As of the end of 2017, as CW Enerji, we have 420 MW solar panel production capacity in our existing factory. In the middle of 2018, we will move to our new factory in Antalya Organised Industrial Zone, which is 46 thousand square metres in size and has a solar panel production capacity of 920 MW. In addition, all agreements have been reached for another factory in Antalya Free Zone, which we plan to start with a production capacity of 120 MW in the first stage and increase it up to 500 MW by the end of 2018.
We have a 55% localisation rate. As a matter of fact, there is a chance to supply domestic raw materials in almost all products except cells. But unfortunately, due to the fact that the sector has not yet reached the world standards in terms of both the response to the needs of the sector and the quality, we have to prefer imported products. In this case, the incentives of our country and the investments to be made by other entrepreneurs to address the sector come to the fore rather than our targets in localisation. There are more than 40 solar panel manufacturers in our country, both small and large, and the raw materials have to be brought from abroad due to the existing obligations in terms of both quality and quantity. Extra support for domestic panel production will lead to the growth of the sector and domestic raw material manufacturers.
While we currently export to approximately 12 countries, especially Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Iran, Morocco, Kosovo, Tunisia, Syria and Iraq, we will export to at least 20-25 countries with our new factory. We aim to sell products to new markets in America, Europe and Africa.
‘’Türkiye is the league leader in total capacity in Europe among the facilities completed in 2017‘’
We see that a serious Solar Electricity Generation sector was formed in Türkiye in 2017 and before. In fact, among the facilities completed in 2017, we see that it ranked first in the league in total capacity in Europe. For this reason, we foresee that Türkiye's solar energy industrialists can invest in countries that have just established their regulations and feed-in tariff mechanisms on SPP to share their experiences and provide new commercial opportunities. As one of them, we are actively participating in the fairs of countries such as Iran, Morocco, South Africa, Jordan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Germany and Ghana and we plan to make commercial breakthroughs in these countries.
We have developed innovative products for the rapidly developing rooftop solar energy market. AsCW Enerji, our sine qua non is R&D and P&D. There are nearly 100 engineers in our company. OurR&D and P&D team is 20 people. We are not an R&D centre, but we work like an R&D centre and develop innovative products. OurR&D unit produces a lot of products related to the sector. Currently, we have developed a special waterproof roof tile for our roofs, which we call the roof tile of the century, developed by our engineers for the first time in Türkiye. We have produced a system with special rubber, suitable for the roof, water-air-moisture-temperature impermeable, resistant to all weather conditions, with our sealed solar panels suitable for the roof, which we call the roof tile of the century.
You can use the roof-appropriate sealed solar panel frame system either as roof tiles or as sandwich panels. Roof tiles are more successful than existing roof tiles while providing insulation. Since we can generate electricity from every square metre where the sun falls and the outer surface of these tiles is constantly exposed to the sun, we equipped the outer surface with solar panels. With these tiles, which can also provide insulation, we have made it possible to meet your electrical energy from the sun. We have successfully completed the test stages of our sealed solar panels suitable for the roof, which we call the tile of the century. We have now made our sample sample as a car port-car garage in front of our own factory. We are starting mass production. We are building it on a cold storage. In this way, we will gradually raise awareness of our market and introduce our customers to our innovative product. With the sealed solar panel system product suitable for the roof, the houses of the next century will be designed and this product will provide very important side benefits to both construction companies and users.
We have started mass production of this product, which we produce in all sizes and dimensions, in the range of 15 watts to 335 watts. We will sell it both to our own country and to countries around the world. Firstly, we plan to export to Europe and the Arabian Peninsula. You will be able to access the product through our dealers in our country. We are proud. May our new national panel, our sealed solar panel system suitable for economical roofs be beneficial to our country
On 18.01.2018, the establishment of Solar Power Plants under 10 kW has become easier thanks to the regulation on ‘Procedures and Principles Regarding Unlicensed Production Applications for Solar Energy Based Production Facilities Connected from the Same Measurement Point with the Consumption Facility in the Electricity Market and Evaluation of Surplus Energy’ published in the Official Gazette. With the regulation published in the Official Gazette on 18 January, it was made easier to install solar power plants up to 10 kilowatts on roofs and to sell surplus energy to the grid. The regulation shortened the distribution periods and facilitated the application, and provided the opportunity to transfer the rooftop power plant to the new owner or tenant in case of moving out of the house. Citizens who want to generate electricity can apply to the central or provincial unit of the distribution company. Distribution companies will receive the applications on a monthly basis and finalise them by the 20th of the following month. The citizen whose project is approved will be able to start generating electricity and sell the surplus electricity to the distribution company through the existing network.
After this regulation, an article related to this issue was included in the omnibus bill sent to the Parliament and currently being discussed in the Plan and Budget Commission. This article contains the following statements: ‘Within the scope of electricity market regulations, income tax and related VAT exemption is introduced for those who sell the electricity they generate from roof and facade applied renewable energy generation facilities with a maximum installed capacity of 10 kilowatts in the residences they own or rent to supply companies. Therefore, we anticipate that the sector will be mobilised due to this situation, which provides great convenience.
In 2016, 650 MW solar power plants were installed in Türkiye. By the end of 2017, the total installed capacity of solar power plants reached 3,421 MW. The contribution of grid-connected solar power generation to total consumption reached 2.5 per cent. Türkiye is in a position to utilise this energy much more efficiently with its 2,737 hours of total annual sunshine and 1527 kWh/m2 annual average solar energy amount. The cost decrease in solar panels and the increase in panel efficiency have accelerated solar energy investments. We are pleased that the solar energy sector in Türkiye and the awareness of solar energy production is increasing. However, domestic producers cannot get the required share from the market. Although China achieved a GES installed capacity of over 50 GW in 2017, Türkiye's installed capacity of 2.5 GW, while China uses domestic solar panels produced in its own country, Türkiye's use of Chinese origin solar panels reduces the growth momentum of domestic producers.
As a domestic solar panel manufacturer, we have a 4 percent share of 300 MW in Türkiye's total installed solar power plant capacity of 3,421 MW. AsCW Enerji, despite our 4 per cent market share, we are the domestic solar panel manufacturer with the largest market share in Türkiye with our 300 MW installed capacity. The market share of domestic solar panels is very low. Although protective measures such as surveillance and anti-dumping have been introduced in Türkiye to prevent the import of foreign-made panels, the domestic producer has not reached the desired market share. Unfortunately, we are still foreign-dependent in domestic solar panel production, which is in the incubation period. EVA, backsheet, glass, frame, junction box productions used in solar panel production can be made in our country. In fact, foreign companies producing junction boxes are structured in our country. We have companies preparing for domestic cell production. Therefore, we hope that our government will increase the support given to domestic production and help us to strengthen in this sector.
Photovoltaic solar panels are a clean and sustainable energy source. Using these panels, it is possible to generate electricity with an efficiency of over 80% for 25 years. But what will happen after 25 years? Will these power plants, which are environmentally friendly energy sources, turn into a garbage dump? At this point, photovoltaic panels should be recycled by specialised people. With this recycling, some of the materials used in the panel can be recovered and used again. Thus, the photovoltaic industry becomes sustainable in financial, environmental and technical terms.
Since laminated panels have a complex structure, their recycling requires expertise and infrastructure. As a result of the recycling process of first generation silicon-based panels, some chemicals such as silicon, silver, tin, lead, aluminium, etc. are obtained and both an economic gain is obtained and pollution of this environmentally friendly energy source is prevented by preventing their mixing with nature.
AsCW Enerji, we are proud to be a member of PV Cycle, a European organisation, in order to recycle our unusable panels with high recovery rates by showing the necessary sensitivity afterwards as we are aware of the importance and responsibility of our work before production.
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