Mehmet KARA
Alfa Photo voltaic, one of many oldest photo voltaic panel producers in Turkey, seeks to develop its investments and develop its subject of exercise. Whereas answering our questions, Alfa Photo voltaic Vice Chairman and CEO Hüseyin Karabaş said that Turkey has change into one of many photo voltaic trade bases and made evaluations concerning the sector.
The agenda within the photo voltaic trade is intense, what’s in your agenda?
The subject that has been talked about rather a lot within the photo voltaic sector in Turkey in latest months is the brand new regulation adjustments. Adjustments to unlicensed photo voltaic plant initiatives for self-consumption are mentioned. We discover the adjustments, aside from the restrict of gross sales to the grid, constructive for the initiatives whose connection opinions have been obtained earlier than 2019. There may be intense public strain on him, we hope that it will likely be corrected.
What have been the constructive adjustments?
It is vitally constructive that the requirement for individuals who wish to set up unlicensed SPPs inside the identical area because the consumption level of the ability is lifted. To summarize, the industrialist in Istanbul can set up his energy plant in Van, Mardin, wherever he desires, in all areas of Turkey. An important improvement for us. As a result of the industrialists had difficulties in constructing energy vegetation in areas the place the land was very costly, particularly within the Marmara area.
What different improvements are there?
A regulation has been issued relating to hybrid energy plant investments. The limitation of 15 p.c of the first useful resource put in energy for secondary useful resource in hybrid energy vegetation has been eliminated. It is a essential improvement for us. We predict that this transformation will result in a really severe improve in photo voltaic demand, particularly subsequent 12 months on the premise of put in energy. In the meantime, because the trade, we foresee severe storage investments in 2023. As a result of the way forward for vitality is certainly energy vegetation with storage.
Are you going to make a storage funding too?
Sure, we, as an organization, began to speak about investing on this space. However it’s relatively recent, we do not need an funding plan that I can clarify in the intervening time. However within the coming years, we undoubtedly wish to maintain a spot and make investments. As a result of as I mentioned, the way forward for vitality is storage. There’s a automobile charging frenzy within the storage now, you understand, you should be following it. Within the subsequent part of the automobile charging frenzy, everybody will flip to storage, we now have to.
What’s the place and share of Alfa Photo voltaic within the sector?
We’re one of many first corporations to provide photo voltaic panels in Turkey. Though we have been established in 2011, we began lively manufacturing in 2014-2015 as a result of there have been no rules at the moment. The journey, which began with a manufacturing line of 30 MW, has now reached the extent of 1500 MW (1 Gigawatt – GW). We’ve a market share of over 10 p.c in current solar energy vegetation. In different phrases, one among each 10 panels used is Alfa Photo voltaic. We all know this from our personal figures and in accordance with the overall introduced by TEİAŞ.
What are you planning sooner or later?
After this time, we purpose to develop by establishing subsidiaries. We are able to type partnerships after we are competent within the manufacturing of panel supplies, glass and framing. We used to do set up work as nicely, since 2017 we do not wish to do EPC work. In actual fact, we’re an organization with the mentality that everybody ought to do their very own job. Due to this fact, ranging from 2023, we wish to transfer ahead by establishing partnerships on the level the place we discover one of the best on this subject, excluding cells.
Will there ever be a cell?
In the mean time, we do not need any plans to ascertain a cell facility. Hopefully, it’s in our perspective after 2023. Cell work has come to our desk 3 times earlier than. We learn the feasibility experiences in all of them and determined that we weren’t prepared for it but. If we’re prepared sooner or later, know that there will probably be a enterprise line that we are going to enter into the top. As a result of we have already got a really severe angle.
How do SPPs on residential roofs multiply?
Alfa Photo voltaic CEO Karabaş said that the industrialist, who suffers from the rise in electrical energy costs, compelled him to spend money on GES, and expressed the opinion that the housing roofs market may even speed up. Karabaş mentioned, “I may even say that there’s a severe motion in home initiatives and we’re making severe gross sales there. In actual fact, if the banks additionally take the accountability, home initiatives will be capable of change into widespread in a approach that may put much less load on the community,” he mentioned.
Alfa Photo voltaic may even associate the general public in new works
Hüseyin Karabaş answered the query of how they financed or will finance the intense capability improve investments they’ve made or will make: “As of the final quarter of the 12 months, we now have a public providing plan. Our file is within the CMB, and we purpose to go public subsequent month. We purpose to acquire some financing from there. Our firm financed the primary part of latest investments and the working capital half with its personal fairness. In different phrases, we are able to say that we finance new investments with fairness plus revenue from public choices.”
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