The main components of the wind turbines for Akköy Wind Power Plant (WPP) are ready to be shipped to the site in Turkey.
At the fifth Turkish-German Energy Forum in Ankara on 27 October, Enercon chief commercial officer Ulrich Schulze Südhoff and Sabancı Holding Energy Group President Kıvanç Zaimler announced the units were ready for shipment to the development tendered under the YEKA-2 process.
“Exactly one year after the signing of our YEKA-2 agreement we are ready to start with the first project,” said Schulze Südhoff at the event attended by Germany’s Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck and Turkey’s Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar.
“YEKA-2 is a major milestone in the construction of a renewable energy system in Turkey,” he added.
“We are proud to jointly contribute to Turkey’s energy transition and green energy supply.”
YEKA-2 WPP is the country’s highest capacity wind energy project and Enercon and Enerjisa Üretim will establish 1GW of onshore wind power.
The former will supply 240 of its E-138 EP3 machines (pictured). The units will be manufactured in Germany and Turkey over the next three years in compliance with YEKA’s 55% localisation requirement.
“During the last year Enercon and Enerjisa Üretim’s teams have been working hard to plan and coordinate this exciting project,” said regional head of the Enercon Region Central Asia, Middle East and Africa Arif Günyar.
“Now, with all preparations having been made, we are pleased that the installation phase will kick off!’
Sabancı Holding Energy Group president Kıvanç Zaimler added: ‘Enerjisa Üretim, a leading investment and generation company, has taken on the entire series of the 1000MW YEKA RES-2 projects.
We deem this investment, which will make a significant contribution to Turkey’s future goals in energy, as an important responsibility not only for the sector but also for the future of our country and our children.”
Installation works will start immediately after the arrival of the turbine components on site, which is expected for the coming weeks. Both project partners intend to have completed the installation of the first machine by the end of the year.