With a combined notional annual yield of over 300 GWh they will be able to power about 150,000 Turkish households, simultaneously saving emissions of around 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide.
Soma is the third firm contract received from Bilgin. At the beginning of September, 2009, the Mazi III wind farm (22.5 MW) went on line and Nordex is already commencing the delivery of 36 turbines for Bergama (90 MW), the first project under the master contract.
“Today, with the signature of the firm contract for the `Soma´ wind farm with Nordex, we have strengthened our leading position as an investor in the Turkish renewable energy sector”, says Tolga Bilgin, vice president of Bilgin Energy.
Nordex has contracts for a total of 300 MW, “We have our fingers directly on the pulse of the market via our branch in Istanbul, which we established in April. This is proving to be a strategic advantage for us as Turkey has plans to extend its wind power capacity substantially. With new licenses about to be awarded, we are already in talks with potential customers,” says Carsten Pedersen, COO sales and marketing at Nordex.
