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Wind energy in Turkey: Borusan plans multiple wind farms

Turkish conglomerate Borusan Holding’s energy company has started the construction of a wind power plant in the northwestern province of Tekirda? Turkey, which is slated to have 50 megawatts.


 Borusan EnBW Energy aims for the power plant to come into operation by the end of next year, General Manager Mehmet Acarla said during the groundbreaking ceremony in the Balaban district of Tekirda? late on Sept. 18.

Acarla said they planned to increase their investment in renewable energy to $1.3 billion next year, adding that they had other wind power plant projects in Turkey in the pipeline. The company plans to establish a wind power plant with 30 mW installed power in ?zmir and also 50 mW installed powered-plants in the northwestern provinces of Çanakkale and Bursa and the southern province of Mersin.

“We will also start project in the Gulf of Saros region in Çanakkale that will be one of the biggest wind power plants, with 138 MW. We foresee reaching 455 MW in the medium term and more than 1,000 MW in the long term in wind power,” he said. Hurriyet daily News.

 Wind energy in Turkey

 

  • End 1998: 9 MW (- %)
  • End 1999: 9 MW (- %)
  • End 2000: 19 MW (+111.2 %)
  • End 2001: 19 MW (- %)
  • End 2002: 19 MW (- %)
  • End 2003: 21 MW (+10.6 %)
  • End 2004: 21 MW (- %)
  • End 2005: 20 MW (-4.7 %)
  • End 2006: 65 MW (+225 %)
  • End 2007: 207 MW (+218.5 %)
  • End 2008: 333 MW (+60.9 %)
  • End 2009: 801 MW (+140.6 %)
  • End 2010: 1,329 MW (+66 %)
  • End 2011: 1,799 MW (+35.4 %)
  • End 2012: 2,312 MW (+28.6 %)

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