GE 1.6-100 technology to make European debut at Fina’s Tayakadin wind project in Turkey

The 50MW Tayakadin project - which will supply enough wind-generated electricity to meet the needs of more than 14,000 households - supports the Turkish government’s plans to increase the country’s wind energy production to 20,000 megawatts by the year 2023.

Turkey has one of the most favorable locations in Europe for wind energy development, with a potential wind generation capacity of about 48,000MW. Much of that potential remains untapped, as the country’s existing wind farms produce about 1,800MW.

“GE’s 1.6-100 technology builds on the broad experience of our 1.5 and 2.5 megawatt series, with more than 17,500 of those units installed today,” said Stephan Ritter, general manager of GE’s Renewable Energy business in Europe. “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.”

Fina Enerji currently has 35 units of GE 2.5-100 wind turbines in operation at two wind power plant sites in Izmir and Hatay provinces for a total capacity of 87.5 megawatts. Tayakadin, near the booming city of Istanbul, is the third site where Fina Enerji will employ GE wind turbines.
GE 1.6-100 technology to make European debut at Fina’s Tayakadin wind project in Turkey

EDF EN enters Moroccan market with 150MW Taza wind project

Located in northern Morocco, to the East of Fès, the Taza wind project will be equipped with 50 Alstom wind turbines of 3MW each. EDF Energies Nouvelles, Mitsui and Alstom will subcontract at least 30 percent of the construction works to Moroccan companies.

The 150MW Taza wind project, launched by ONE in May 2011 under a public-private partnership scheme, will be followed in 2012 by an additional 850MW tender process whose procedure of pre-qualification is in progress.

Keen to leverage on its extremely good sun and wind conditions, authorities in Morocco are planning to develop at least 2GW wind energy and 2GW solar energy programs by 2020.

EDF Energies Nouvelles has also announced the creation of a local subsidiary, EDF EN Maroc, which will drive the development of both wind and solar energy activities in the country in partnership with the Moroccan authorities and local companies.
EDF EN enters Moroccan market with 150MW Taza wind project

Rejlers to deliver bio-energy plant to Lund, Sweden

Rejlers has started the project engineering work with about 10 consultants. The steam generator is designed to burn 100 percent bio fuel with up to 50 percent demolition wood. The new power plant will be replacing Lunds Energi's existing one, where old equipment operates on fossil fuels.

The power plant will be put into operation in the spring of 2014.

Foster Wheeler will deliver the boiler island to Eslöv Lund Kraftvärmeverk AB, a local municipally owned energy company.
Rejlers to deliver bio-energy plant to Lund, Sweden

Nordex to modernize Kreekraksluis wind farm in Netherlands

As per the plans, the Kreekraksluis wind farm is to achieve an annual yield of around 210GWh, sufficient to provide up to 55,000 Dutch homes with clean electricity.

The project has been planned by four companies - two Dutch utilities DELTA NV and Eneco NV as well as the private operators Winvast BV and Scheldewind BV - all of which have opted the Nordex N100/2500 turbines.

Part of the project involves dismantling and modernizing 26 older 500 kW turbines which DELTA has been operating in the Reimerswaal community since 1996. By enlarging the capacity by around 60MW, the operators want to make a key contribution to greener electricity supplies with as little as possible interference with the landscape.
Nordex to modernize Kreekraksluis wind farm in Netherlands