GE Renewable Energy has secured a turbine deal totalling 70MW with Sanko Enerji for the Guney wind farm in Turkey.
The contract covers 12 Cypress units and two 3MW machines, as well as servicing the hardware for 10 years.
Construction and commercial operation of Guney, which is located in the Bursa region, is planned for the last quarter of 2020.
The wind farm is the second onshore project Sanko Enerji and GE Renewable Energy will be building together, and marks the third order in Turkey for GE’s Cypress platform.
GE will locally produce the two-piece turbine blades at LM Wind Power’s Bergama site in Izmir.
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 that were previously inaccessible, the company said.
Towers will also be produced in Turkey, it added.
GE president and chief executive for onshore wind, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey Manar Al-Moneef said: “There is a tremendous potential in Turkey to reach ambitious wind energy targets, and we are delighted to be partnering once again with Sanko Enerji to generate more renewable energy for the country but also to help driving the cost of wind energy down through innovative technologies.”
Turkey represents one of GE’s biggest sources of orders for the Cypress onshore wind platform, accumulating 255MW to date.