GE Renewable Energy has been selected by Sanko Enerji to supply Cypress Units for the 51 MW Gazi-9 Wind Farm in Turkey. Gazi-9 represents one of the first Cypress orders for GE Renewable Energy in Turkey. GE Renewable Energy will locally produce the wind turbine blades in LM Wind Power’s Bergama site, Izmir, Turkey.
GE
Renewable Energy announces today that it has been selected by Sanko
Enerji to supply GE’s 4.8 MW Cypress Units for the 51 MW Gazi 9 Wind
Farm in Turkey and will be providing a 10-years Full-Service Agreement.
Located
in Çanakkale, Turkey, the 51 MW wind farm will generate enough
renewable energy to power the equivalent of 100,000 homes in Turkey and
will play a significant role supporting the country’s renewable energy
target. The construction of the wind farm is expected to begin during
the fourth quarter of 2019, to reach commercial operation by the end of
October 2020.
Yigit Erzan, Head of Sales and Business
Development, Turkey, GE Renewable Energy, said: “Gazi-9 Wind Farm
represents one of the first Cypress orders for GE Renewable Energy in
Turkey and shows clear demand in the country and around the world for
GE’s latest onshore wind technology, with orders confirmed in Germany,
Sweden and Australia. While the Cypress platform encompasses a range of
turbines for use around the world, it is particularly well-suited to
site conditions commonly found in Turkish wind energy projects.”
A
spokesperson for Sanko Energy, one of Turkey’s leading renewable energy
companies, said: “A total investment of 65 million US dollars would be
made for Gazi-9 RES Project. Having an installed capacity of 51MW,
Gazi-9 WPP will have an annual production of 230 million kWh, the energy
needs of 100 thousand houses will be supplied and 134 thousand tons of
carbon emissions will be prevented. With this agreement, Sanko Energy
will be one step closer to its goal of increasing its existing 725 MW
all renewable energy installed capacity to 900 MW by the end of 2020.”
Announced
last year by GE Renewable Energy, the Cypress is the most powerful wind
turbine in operation today. It enables significant Annual Energy
Production (AEP) improvements, increased efficiency in serviceability,
improved logistics and siting potential, and ultimately more value for
customers. The two-piece blade design enables blades to be manufactured
at even longer lengths and improving logistics to drive costs down and
offer more siting options, in locations previously inaccessible.
As
a part of the agreement, GE Renewable Energy will locally produce the
wind turbine blades in LM Wind Power’s Bergama site, Izmir, Turkey,
where GE has more than 450 employees. At the end of April 2019, the site
started the construction of an extension, in order to set-up the
factory to be prepared to produce the innovative two-pieces blade, set
to be assembled to GE’s Cypress turbine. Towers will also be produced in
the country.
GE Renewable Energy is a $15 billion business which
combines one of the broadest portfolios in the renewable energy
industry to provide end-to-end solutions for our customers demanding
reliable and affordable green power. Combining onshore and offshore
wind, blades, hydro, storage, utility-scale solar, and grid solutions as
well as hybrid renewables and digital services offerings, GE Renewable
Energy has installed more than 400+ gigawatts of clean renewable energy
and equipped more than 90 percent of utilities worldwide with its grid
solutions. With nearly 40,000 employees present in more than 80
countries, GE Renewable Energy creates value for customers seeking to
power the world with affordable, reliable and sustainable green
electrons.
Having invested 1.5 billion dollars in 6 hydroelectric, 2
wind power and 3 geothermal power plants, Sanko Energy produces 2.7
billion kWh of renewable resources annually with a total installed
capacity of 725 MW. The company aims to generate 3.4 billion kWh of
electricity annually by increasing the capacity of all renewable energy
sources to 900 MW by the end of 2020 with an additional investment of
200 million dollars in the coming years.
