The Yasar Gida plant is now benefitting from the cost-effective energy solutions provided by EWT.
Yasar Gida (part of Yasar Group) is a machine manufacturer to agricultural industry, which also has rice processing plant, which is mainly used as an R&D center for machines they manufacture and export to 30 countries worldwide. The factory is located in Ipsala, northwest of Istanbul near the border with Greece. The plant machinery processes 150 tons of rice per day; It is a high energy consuming business. The DIRECTWIND54-900kW turbine is directly connected to the plant’s electrical network in order to reduce the owner’s reliance on electricity from the national grid and to offset his current energy costs.
EWT’s CEO Mark Jones: "We are delighted to install the first of many turbines in Turkey, building on the trust of our client, Yasar Gida, and the proven global strength of our product as the best in class localized wind turbine. We believe that EWT will be able to meet the energy needs of Yasar Gida for many years to come and, similarly, supply the energy needs of many other Turkish companies with our proven technology, commercial and service support".
Yasar Makina CEO Mustafa Polatcan: "Our innovative machine building business was a perfect fit to EWT’s distributed power strategy. We are proud of increasing volume of trade between Turkey and the Netherlands. We export our machines to 30 countries and we know this single turbine project is just a start to our cooperation with EWT. We are very happy with the support we received from EWT since the beginning of the project. We are aware of importance of every contribution to Turkish economy by using renewable energy instead of expensive fossil fuels".
