Greentech Lead Europe: GE has received an order to supply
31 of its 1.6-100 wind turbines from Fina Enerji’s Tayakadin wind project in
Istanbul, Turkey. The 50 MW project will mark the first European installation
of the GE 1.6-100 machine.
Tayakadin project is expected to generate enough clean
electricity to address the needs of more than 14,000 Turkish households.
Moreover, the project supports the Turkish government’s
plans to increase the country’s wind energy production to 20,000 megawatts by
the year 2023. The country’s existing wind farms produce about 1,800 megawatts.
GE will also supply commissioning and technical advisory
services for the Tayakadin project. Fina will do the installation and civil
works of the project. The wind turbines will be shipped from GE’s Salzbergen, Germany
facility by the end of 2012. The completion of the project is expected by the
first quarter of 2013.
Tayakadin is the third site where GE installed wind
turbines for Fina Enerji in Turkey. Fina Enerji currently has 35 units of GE
2.5-100 wind turbines in operation at two wind power plant sites in Izmir and
Hatay provinces for a total capacity of 87.5 megawatts.
“GE’s 1.6-100 technology builds on the broad experience
of our 1.5 and 2.5 megawatt series, with more than 17,500 of those units
installed today. Featuring a 100-meter rotor diameter and 80-meter hub height,
the 1.6-100 provides the highest capacity factor of any wind turbine for class
3 sites,” said Stephan Ritter, general manager of GE’s Renewable Energy
business in Europe. Â
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