“Bergama” already is the second project on which Bilgin and Nordex are working together: The “Mazi III” wind farm comprising nine N90/2500 turbines is currently being constructed on the peninsular of Çeºme. The “Bergama” wind farm will be located in West Turkey close to the antique city of the same name. The 36 wind turbines are being installed at heights of up to 650 meters, where high wind speeds averaging around 9 m/s prevail. With a projected annual energy yield of around 300 gigawatt/hours, the wind farm has the potential to supply 150,000 Turkish households with clean electricity, thus avoiding CO2 emissions of around 300,000 tons.
Nordex is planning to feed up to 200 MW of new power into Turkey’s national grid by the end of 2009. “The establishment of a local company marked an important strategic step in our efforts to position ourselves in the emerging Turkish market. In this way, we can execute local projects more quickly and efficiently,” explains Carsten Pedersen, chief operating officer sales and marketing at Nordex.
