GE wins turbine supply order for Turkish wind farm

GE will supply 31 units of its 1.6-100 wind turbines for the 50MW Fina Enerji’s wind project in Turkey.

Fina Enerji is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Turkey’s leading Fiba Group.

GE Europe Renewable Energy business general manager Stephan Ritter said the company’s GE’s 1.6-100 technology builds on the broad experience of its 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 Ritter.

The wind farm will supply clean, wind-generated electricity to meet the needs of more than 14,000 households in Tayakadin.

GE said the project will be in line with the Turkish government’s plans to increase the country’s wind energy production to 20,000MW by the year 2023.

GE will also supply commissioning and technical advisory services for the Tayakadin project while Fina Enerji will be in charge of the installation and civil works of the project.

GE facility in Salzbergen, Germany will ship the turbines by the year and the project is expected to be complete by 2013.