Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sept. 15
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
Turkmenistan’s local Taze energiya company will launch the production of solar glass panels, Trend reports referring to Business Turkmenistan agency.
This was stated in an interview by the director of the company, Nury Hydyrow. "We are the first company in Turkmenistan to receive a license for placing solar panels .... We work with companies from China, Turkey and the Netherlands," the businessman said.
According to him, the project for the construction of solar power stations with a capacity of 10 megawatts on the territory of the Altyn Asyr artificial lake in Karakum Desert was approved in the country, and solar panels are planned to be installed in the villages of Turkmenistan’s Ahal Region.
As part of the energy saving program developed in Turkmenistan for the period up to 2024, emphasis will be made on the construction of solar power plants. Turkmenistan is rich in solar energy and desert sand, which contains silicon. The country aims to export silicon, which is the basic chemical element for the creation of equipment that allows to obtain environmentally friendly electricity, to the global market.
Local scientists talk about the possibilities of using solar energy in automobile transport enterprises, the economic efficiency of using renewable energy sources, the development of automation systems for alternative energy sources, and the potential for obtaining thermal energy from used deep wells. In Turkmenistan, the duration of a sunny day reaches 16 hours in July, and the energy of the sun's rays falling on one square meter is 800 watts. There are about 300 sunny days a year in the country, and the duration of sunny days comes to 2,500-3,000 hours.