Enercon, a pioneer of wind energy converter technologies, and Enerjisa Üretim, a joint venture of the E.ON – SABANCI Holding, which is a leader in the field of energy generation, are joining forces to implement the YEKA RES 2 project in Türkiye.
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The tender will play a major role in increasing the clean energy capacity in the country. Within its scope,
Enercon and Enerjisa Ãœretim will install 1,000 MW of onshore wind energy capacity together. Enercon will supply the wind energy converter technology and deliver a total of 240 E-138 EP3 E2 WECs within the next four years.
The YEKA – Renewable Energy Resource Areas programme with a total capacity of 2,850 MW has been held since 2017. It is one of the major projects in Türkiye to reduce the global climate crisis, develop domestic production in renewable energy technology and increase the share of clean energy resources in its electricity generation portfolio.
In the YEKA RES 2 tender held in 2019, the 1,000 MW capacity was won by Enercon and Enerjisa Üretim – each company with a share of 500 MW. As a result of project development studies carried out over the past three years and intensive negotiations between both companies, Enercon and Enerjisa Üretim decided to join forces and implement the YEKA RES 2 project together.
Enercon’s role as ‘technology supplier’ and Enerjisa Üretim’s part as ‘investor and operator’ were fixed in a cooperation agreement, signed by Enerjisa Üretim CEO İhsan Erbil Bayçöl and Enercon CEO Dr Jürgen Zeschky last week in Assos/Çanakkale.
The project is located in regions with the highest wind energy potential in Türkiye. Wind farms will be constructed in Çanakkale (250 MW), Balıkesir (250 MW), Aydın (250 MW), and Muğla (250 MW). As a result of its 25 years of presence in Türkiye, Enercon is producing or sourcing all major components for the E-138 EP3 WEC (except the nacelles) from its well-established supply network in the country. In this way, the E-138 EP3 series is the only wind energy converter that currently meets the domestic requirements of YEKA RES 2 and YEKA RES 3.
As a result of this project, Enercon will reach an installed capacity of more than 3.5 GW in Türkiye. Türkiye’s wind energy adventure started with Enercon E-40 0.5 MW wind energy converters installed in ÇeÅŸme in 1998. In the 24 years that have passed since, the installed power of wind farms has exceeded the level of 11,000 MW. This new project will provide a capacity increase of approximately 9 % compared to the wind farms built so far. ■