Tender announcement for 74 new Solar Power Renewable Energy Resource Area (“YEKA”) projects (“Projects”) has been published in the Official Gazette on July 3, 2020.

General Information

The Projects will comprise 74 new solar power plants with 10 MW, 15 MW or 20 MW capacities at the determined connection locations. Please refer to the annexes hereto for capacities, locations and deadlines for the submission of the bids for each Project.

Project Model

The Projects will be developed through allocation in exchange for Use of Domestic Products (“YMKT”) model. In the YMKT model, the YEKA usage right is assigned in exchange for a commitment to use domestic products within the renewable energy generation facilities. The awarded bidder will obtain the YEKA usage right by committing to use domestically manufactured equipment and accessories.

Procedure

The tender will be conducted through the Dutch auction procedure upon the initial ceiling price of TRY 0,30/kWh. The bidder who submits the lowest price will be awarded with the contest and such price will constitute the guaranteed electricity purchase price. Successful bidder will be granted a purchase and price guarantee for 15 years which will commence from the signing date of the YEKA Usage Right Agreement.

Only legal persons established as joint stock companies or limited liability companies pursuant to the Turkish Code of Commerce are entitled to participate in the tender. Purchase price of the Specifications is TRY 2000. Potential bidders may purchase the Specifications by paying the purchase price to the bank account of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources – General Directorate of Central Accountancy.

Next Steps

Potential bidders shall submit their applications by hand to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources – General Directorate of Energy Affairs with a letter of bank guarantee (bid bond) in an amount of TRY 3.5 million for the projects with a capacity of 10 MW, TRY 5.5 million for the projects with a capacity of 15 MW and TRY 7 million for the projects with a capacity of 20 MW. The place, date and time of the contests will be published at a later date on the website of the General Directorate of Energy Affairs.

ANNEX-1: CONNECTION REGIONS, COMPETITION NAMES AND CONNECTION CAPACITIES

No.	Connection Region	Competition Name	Connection Capacity (MWe)
1	ADIYAMAN	ADIYAMAN – 1 ADIYAMAN – 2	15 15
2	AĞRI	AĞRI – 1 AĞRI – 2	15 15
		AKSARAY – 1 AKSARAY – 2 AKSARAY – 3	10 10 10
3	AKSARAY

4	ANKARA	ANKARA – 1 ANKARA – 2	20 20
		ANTALYA – 1 ANTALYA – 2 ANTALYA – 3	20 20 10
5	ANTALYA

6	BATMAN	BATMAN – 1 BATMAN – 2	15 15
7	BAYBURT	BAYBURT-1	10
8	BİLECİK	BİLECİK -1 BİLECİK – 2	10 10
9	BİNGÖL	BİNGÖL – 1 BİLGÖL – 2	10 10
10	BİTLİS	BİTLİS – 1 BİTLİS – 2	15 15
11	BURDUR	BURDUR -1 BURDUR- 2	15 15
12	BURSA	BURSA -1 BURSA – 2	10 10
13	ÇANKIRI	ÇANKIRI -1 ÇANKIRI – 2	10 10
14	ÇORUM	ÇORUM – 1	10
15	DİYARBAKIR	DİYARBAKIR – 1 DİYARBAKIR – 2	20 20
16	ELAZIĞ	ELAZIĞ – 1 ELAZIĞ- 2	10 10
17	ERZURUM	ERZURUM – 1 ERZURUM – 2	15 15
18	EŞKİŞEHİR	EŞKİŞEHİR – 1 EŞKİŞEHİR – 2	15 15
19	GAZİANTEP	GAZİANTEP – 1 GAZİANTEP – 2 GAZİANTEP – 3	20 20 10
20	HAKKARİ	HAKKARİ – 1 HAKKARİ – 2	10 10
21	IĞDIR	IĞDIR – 1 IĞDIR – 2	10 10
22	KAHRAMANMARAŞ	KAHRAMANMARAŞ – 1	10
23	KARS	KARS – 1 KARS – 2	10 10
24	KIRŞEHİR	KIRŞEHİR- 1 KIRŞEHİR – 2	10 10
25	KİLİS	KİLİS – 1 KİLİS – 2	10 10
26	MALATYA	MALATYA- 1 MALATYA – 2	15 15
27	MARDİN	MARDİN – 1 MARDİN – 2 MARDİN – 3	20 20 10
28	MERSİN	MERSİN – 1 MERSİN – 2	15 15
29	MUŞ	MUŞ – 1 MUŞ – 2	15 15
30	NEVŞEHİR	NEVŞEHİR – 1 NEVŞEHİR – 2	10 10
31	OSMANİYE	OSMANİYE – 1 OSMANİYE – 2	15 15
31	SİİRT	SİİRT – 1 SİİRT – 2	15 15
33	ŞIRNAK	ŞIRNAK – 1 ŞIRNAK – 2	10 10
34	UŞAK	UŞAK – 1 UŞAK – 2	15 15
35	VAN	VAN – 1 VAN – 2 VAN -3	20 20 10
36	YOZGAT	YOZGAT – 1 YOZGAT – 2	15 15

ANNEX-2: BID SUBMISSION DATES AND TIMES

No.	Competition Name	Connection Capacity (MWe)	Application Date and Time
1	ADIYAMAN – 1	15
2	AĞRI – 1	15
3	AKSARAY- 1	10
4	ANKARA – 1	20
5	ANTALYA – 1	20
6	BATMAN- 1	15
7	BİLECİK – 1	10
8	BİNGOL – 1	10	19/10/2020
9	BİTLİS – 1	15	Time:
10	BURDUR- 1	15	09.00 – 12.00
11	BURSA – 1	10
12	ÇANKIRI – 1	10
13	DİYARBAKIR – 1	20
14	GAZİANTEP – 1	20
15	MARDİN – 1	20
16	NEV§EHİR – 1	10
17	VAN – 1	20

1	BAYBURT- 1	10
2	ERZURUM – 1	15
3	ESKİŞEHİR – 1	15
4	ÇORUM – 1	10
5	HAKKARİ- 1	10
6	IGDIR – 1	10
7	KARS – 1	10	20/10/2020
8	KIRŞEHİR – 1	10	Time:
9	KİLİS – 1	10	09.00 – 12.00
10	MALATYA – 1	15
11	MERSİN – 1	15
12	OSMANİYE – 1	15
13	SİİRT – 1	15
14	ŞIRNAK – 1	10
15	YOZGAT- 1	15

1	ELAZIĞ – 1	10
2	MUŞ – 1	15
3	UŞAK – 1	15
4	ADIYAMAN – 2	15
5	ANKARA – 2	20
6	ANTALYA – 2	20
7	BATMAN- 2	15	21/10/2020 Time: 09.00 – 12.00
8	BİLECİK – 2	10
9	BİNGOL – 2	10
10	BİTLİS – 2	15
11	BURDUR- 2	15
12	BURSA – 2	10
13	DİYARBAKIR – 2	20
14	GAZİANTEP – 2	20
15	MARDİN – 2	20
16	VAN – 2	20

1	AĞRI – 2	15
2	AKSARAY- 2	10
3	ESKİŞEHİR – 2	15
4	ÇANKIRI – 2	10
5	HAKKARİ – 2	10
6	IGDIR – 2	10
7	KARS – 2	10	22/10/2020
8	KIRŞEHİR – 2	10	Time:
9	KİLİS – 2	10	09.00 – 12.00
10	MALATYA – 2	15
11	NEVŞEHİR – 2	10
12	OSMANİYE – 2	15
13	SİİRT – 2	15
14	ŞIRNAK – 2	10
15	YOZGAT- 2	15

1	ANTALYA – 3	10
2	ERZURUM – 2	15
3	ELAZIG – 2	10
4	GAZİANTEP – 3	10
5	KAHRAMANMARAŞ – 1	10	23/10/2020
6	MERSİN – 2	15	Time:
7	MARDİN – 3	10	09.00 – 12.00
8	MUŞ – 2	15
9	UŞAK – 2	15
10	VAN – 3	10
11	AKSARAY- 3	10

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