GE Renewable Energy has been selected by Fina Enerji to supply 52 of its 3MW platform onshore wind turbines for four wind farms in Turkey
The wind farms, Baglama, Tayakadin, Yalova and Pazarkoy, have a total capacity of 193MW. The scope also includes a 10-year servicing agreement.
GE Renewable Energy will produce the wind turbine blades in its LM Wind Power site at Bergama, Izmir, Turkey, where GE has more than 550 employees. Towers will also be produced in the country.
GE Renewable Energy’s head of onshore wind for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey region, Manar Al-Moneef said: “GE has been one of the early investors in Turkey and continue commitment to create jobs and contribute to the development of high technology in the energy industry.
“We are delighted to be partnering with Fina Enerji Holding again and working on these exciting projects featuring GE’s high-tech 3MW platform turbines, well suited to Turkey’s wind speeds and landscape.”
GE already has an installed base of 1.2GW of wind energy in Turkey and has built 500 wind turbines built in the country, including the 350MW of onshore wind energy projects that Fina Enerji and GE Renewable Energy have built together.
The chairman of the Board of Fiba Group, which owns Fina Enerji, Murat Özyeğin said: “We are excited for our new wind farm projects that will increase our installed capacity from 350MW to 543MW.”
“Baglama Project will be the easternmost wind farm investment in Turkey and we are particularly proud to contribute to the economic development in this region. We are pleased to sustain our partnership with GE and to contribute to our country’s renewable energy targets.”