GE, Inogen and Sertavul to build first hybrid wind + solar project in Turkey
Turkey, Istanbul: GE and its regional solution partner Inogen have been selected by Sertavul to build one of the first hybrid wind + solar projects in Turkey.
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Turkey, Istanbul: GE and its regional solution partner Inogen have been selected by Sertavul to build one of the first hybrid wind + solar projects in Turkey.
The plant is composed of a 32 MW wind farm commissioned in 2020 that will be integrated with a 30 MW solar plant.
Adding solar to the wind farm will enable an overall higher capacity factor and availability for the plant while delivering dispatchable renewable energy into the grid, since the sun shines during the day and the wind often blows strongly at night.
“This project is another stepping-stone for the growth of hybrid power plants in Turkey. The project will help accelerate Turkey’s energy transition by optimizing scarce infrastructure and improving capacity factor of an existing plant, enabling intelligent dispatch of power and supporting our customer Sertavul to deliver more renewable energy,” said Prakash Chandra, Renewable Hybrids CEO, GE.
“We are very pleased to be a solution partner in one of the most important projects of our country and the world under the leadership of GE. We believe that there is a great hybrid potential in our country. Here, our most important feature is our ability to implement projects very quickly with local production . We are currently constructing and commissioning more than 4 MW solar power plants per day under the GE structure. It is a great financial advantage to our partners that we work with in these projects,” commented Ali Murat SOYDAN, CEO, Inogen.
Inogen will perform site activities and deliver the sun tracking systems that will help increase the total energy production of the power plant.
For the solar plant, GE will deliver seven solar power conversion units.
Source: GE