Asunim Yenilenebilir Enerji Teknolojileri İnş. Müh. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti., a member of the Asunim group ("Asunim Turkey"), together with strategic partner Phoenix Solar AG have been jointly awarded an order by Akfen Renewable Energy, a large Turkish conglomerate, to build a photovoltaic power plant with a total capacity of 10.2 MWp in Elazığ in Eastern Turkey. The project will be implemented in partnership with European Development Bank (EBRD) for which it is the first PV project ever in Turkey. The Elazığ photovoltaic power plant also is the first governmentally licensed project to be built in Turkey. This includes the permission to build it as one large complex instead of as an array of single 1-MW-systems. Accordingly, the system will be the largest solar photovoltaic power plant in Turkey. Asunim who have also been developing the project over the last four years will take on the actual construction. After completion, which is scheduled for September, 2016, the par