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语 篇 提 能 Ⅰ.阅读理解 One of the worlds leading solar energy firms, Gehrlicher Solar AG of Germany, and Merk Solar Energy from Turkey, which operates as part of the Akfel Group, announced on Wednesday the establishment of Gehrlicher Merk Solar Energy to produce electricity using Turkeys vast solar power potential. Speaking at the press conference in Istanbul in Feb. 2012, Klaus Gehrlicher, founder and CEO of Gehrlicher Solar AG, said that Turkey has become an attractive market for solar power due to the countrys rapidly growing energy need. Gehrlicher was impressed with Turkeys Energy Minister for recognizing Turkeys potential for solar energy production. Gehrlicher Merk Solar Energy head Ömer Cihan Karaman compared the decrease in opportunities in European markets with the great potential for solar power energy production in Turkey, especially in the southern region. He said that the Akfel Group has the largest solar energy portfolio (投资组合 ) in the country, but the projects have been relatively small. Karaman noted that the new company will focus on southern Turkey, where much of the land is well­suited for the production of solar power. He also said the new company will benefit from the eighteen years of experience of Gehrlicher Solar AG. This relationship will also aid them in their search for financing. The German company will benefit from the local knowledge and domestic network of Merk Solar Energy as they expand in the Turkish market. Following a year of negotiations (谈判), the two companies signed the deal on Wednesday with equal shareholder rights. Gehrlicher concluded that, as a pioneer in the photovoltaic (光电池的) market, “we know the demands and needs of investors in the m