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  • Turkey’s $5 Billion Smart-Grid Plan Seen Boosting Ties With U.S.

    Turkey’s $5 Billion Smart-Grid Plan Seen Boosting Ties With U.S.

    By Ercan Ersoy – Feb 11, 2013 4:43 PM GMT+0100

    Turkey will spend $5 billion on smart power grids by 2015 to boost network efficiency, allowing North American companies to expand, the U.S. government said.

    The U.S. sees “substantial opportunities for closer cooperation between the Turkish government and energy companies and U.S. companies that provide smart-grid technologies,” according to a statement from the consulate in Istanbul, which will hold a conference in the city tomorrow on grid investments.

    Turkey, forecasting annual power-demand growth of 6.3 percent in the next two decades, has already lured investors including General Electric Co. as its energy industry expands. The country is bucking the trend of most emerging European nations, where retail electricity use trails growth in incomes.

    The jump in demand increases the need for smart grids, which allow power generators and users to monitor consumption and reduce costs by saving energy in transmission. Turkey is seeking to boost efficiency of supply after demand grew 5.1 percent last year, while generation expanded only 4.2 percent, according to data from Turkish Electricity Transmission Co.

    “If the utilities want to take advantage of this, the accurate metering and billing that smart grids can provide will be vital,” said Chris Rogers, a utilities analyst for Bloomberg Industries in London. “As Turkey becomes richer, more air- conditioning, solar power and electric vehicles will be bought, which also need smart grids to function properly.”

    Smart meters installed across Europe will increase by an average 18 percent a year through 2020, peaking in 2018, according to projections from Bloomberg Industries. GE, Germany’s Siemens AG and Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems A/S are among providers of power-generation equipment in Turkey, where the government is selling off operating rights for distribution grids to boost investment and reduce debt.

    via Turkey’s $5 Billion Smart-Grid Plan Seen Boosting Ties With U.S. – Bloomberg.

  • Wind energy Vestas receives order for 72 MW in Turkey

    Wind energy Vestas receives order for 72 MW in Turkey

    Vestas has received a wind power order for delivery of 36 x 2 MW wind turbines for a wind farm in Turkey.

    Wind energy Vestas receives order for 72 MW in Turkey

    With reference to Vestas Wind Systems A/S’ company announcement No. 20/2011 of 11 May 2011, Vestas has received through Aksu Temiz Enerji Elektrik Üretim Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim ªirketi an order from Ayen Energy for delivery of 36 units of the 2 MW platform turbines for the Aksu wind power plant to be installed in the city of Kayseri, Turkey.

    The order comprises supply, installation on-site and commissioning of the turbines, a VestasOnline® Business SCADA system, as well as a seven-year service agreement including the Active Output Management package ‘AOM 4000’. The AOM 4000 is a full-scope service contract, consisting of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and consumables, which offers solid risk management for customers, who want an availability guarantee measured against an agreed threshold. This type of contract offers customers assured performance avoiding unforeseen operational costs of any kind.

    Delivery of the turbines is scheduled to start in Q2 2011 and the project is expected to be completed in Q4 2011.

    The order has been placed by Aksu Temiz Enerji Elektrik Üretim Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim ªirketi, a subsidiary of Ayen Energy, which has installed hydroelectric power plants and a natural gas plant. In addition, Ayen Energy has already built one wind power plant, and is currently in the process of constructing two others; the three of them represent a total wind capacity of more than 80 MW.

    Fahrettin Amir Arman, Board Member states: “We consider that Vestas has the proven technology able to meet the requirements of the Aksu project and that they are the wind turbine supplier and service provider which best can meet our needs. We are currently diversifying the energy portfolio of our company, and we see wind energy as a competitive, sustainable and complementary energy source. This 72 MW project, which will be the largest wind power plant we have installed so far, is an important step towards the diversification of our energy investments. We look forward to working together with Vestas, the global wind technology leader, on this project.”

    “We are extremely pleased that Ayen Energy has selected Vestas as preferred supplier for their largest wind investment, the Aksu project. Having been selected on the grounds of our solid experience, global track record and technological leadership, we hope that this project will lay the foundations for a long-lasting collaboration between the two companies,” expresses Ali Neyzi, Vice President of Vestas Türkiye.

    “The Aksu project directly supports Vestas’ vision: ‘Wind, Oil and Gas’. Ayen Energy’s investment in wind power is a good example of how energy companies around the world are diversifying their energy portfolio. Moreover, it shows the important role that wind can play going forward in Turkey and other parts of the world, as an energy source on a par with more traditional energy sources,” concludes Juan Araluce, President of Vestas Mediterranean.

    The Aksu wind power plant has an estimated annual production of 205,000 MWh per year, which corresponds to an annual emission saving of around 98,000 tons of CO2 emissions. Furthermore, it will provide enough electricity to cover the residential electricity consumption of almost 415,000 people in Turkey.

    Vestas Mediterranean is one of the seven Sales Business Units in the Vestas Group and it manages all sales, construction and service operations in the countries of the Mediterranean region, Middle East, Latin America, Caribbean as well as approximately 70 per cent of the African continent. As of 31 December 2010, this sales business unit delivered cumulative capacity close to 10 GW, representing 22.5 per cent of Vestas’ global capacity and had a workforce of 3,000 highly skilled and fully committed employees in the Mediterranean area. In the past three years, Vestas Mediterranean has accounted for approximately 35 per cent of the global sales in the Vestas Group.

    Vestas has been operating in Turkey since 1984 when it installed its first turbine. In January 2008, Vestas established an office in Istanbul, Vestas Türkiye, which is responsible for all sales, construction, service and maintenance operations in Turkey and the Middle East. All Vestas Türkiye’s activities have been certified by ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 – the international standards for the quality, environment and occupational health and safety. As of 31 December 2010, Vestas has delivered 375.91 MW in Turkey.

    via REVE – Regulación Eólica con Vehículos Eléctricos -.