The giant steps taken by our country, which had only 93 MW of solar installed power just 4 years ago, increased this power by 37 times at the end of last year to 3,421 MW installed power, and solar power plants accounted for 38 percent of the total power plants, gaining a new dimension with the latest YEKA GES-2 project. Cigdem Dilek, who chairs the 11th EIF International Energy Congress and Exhibition to be held this year, noted that solar energy is of great importance for the development of Turkey, which is constantly at risk due to its geopolitical position, as well as for its security, as well as for reducing its dependence on foreign countries. For this reason, Dilek stated that the goal of solar energy, which has progressed with great moves in recent years, is to produce in every house and factory and to minimize possible safety risks, and said: "The quantitative developments in solar energy in recent years are very pleasing, but although the sun is very little than us, it is necessary to attach importance to qualified production in order to close the gap between us and the countries that produce many times more energy than us. The pleasing development came from the thousand MW YEKA GES-2, which was published in the Official Gazette this week and will be worth $ 1 billion. In the specification, cell efficiency must be at least 21 percent and panel efficiency must be at least 18 percent. This tender is of great importance in terms of reflecting the highest efficiency criterion. Considering that foreign investors are not obliged to participate with Turkish partners, I would like to underline that the importance of cooperation and power unity in the tender has increased even more. The new project, which opens the door to qualified production, will also increase the quality bar in our domestic companies." -YEKA GES-2 For the power plants to be established as 500 megawatts in Şanlıurfa-Viranşehir, 300 megawatts in Niğde-Bor and 200 megawatts in Hatay-Erzin, companies will be able to give their bids for a single region or for all regions. The last 3-year income of the company, which wants to bid for all three regions, must be at the level of 600 million TL.