GE Leading Hybrid Wind and Solar Project in Turkey

Renewable power in Turkey will get a lift from a hybrid wind and solar energy set up led by GE Renewable Power.

The challenge will combine a 30-MW photo voltaic array with a 32-MW wind farm that was commissioned in 2020 by Sertavul, a Turkish power firm. Sertavul selected GE and Inogen, GE’s regional companion, to construct the hybrid system.

The wind farm and photo voltaic array, positioned close to Mersin on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, will share the identical grid infrastructure.

The Worldwide Power Company final yr stated Turkey’s renewable power capability grew by 50% over the previous 5 years. The company stated Turkey lately has had the fifth-highest stage of latest renewable capability additions in Europe. The nation is increasing and diversifying its power portfolio, and expects to convey the Akkuyu Nuclear Energy Plant, that includes 4 VVER-1200 reactors, on-line subsequent yr.

Turkey’s Power Transition

Prakash Chandra, CEO of GE’s Renewable Hybrids unit, stated the wind-plus-solar challenge “is one other stepping stone for the expansion of hybrid energy vegetation in Turkey. The challenge will assist speed up Turkey’s power transition by optimizing scarce infrastructure and bettering capability issue of an current plant, enabling clever dispatch of energy and supporting our buyer Sertavul to ship extra renewable power.”

The businesses in a June 23 information launch stated that including solar energy to the present wind farm “will allow an general increased capability issue and availability for the plant whereas delivering dispatchable renewable power into the grid, for the reason that solar shines throughout the day and the wind typically blows strongly at evening.”

“We’re proud to have applied the primary hybrid challenge in Turkey with the cooperation of Sertavul, GE and Inogen,” stated Kemal TAŞ, chairman of the board for Sertavul. “Lately, investments in renewable power sources for clear power have elevated worldwide. With this challenge, we purpose to contribute to our nation through the use of renewable power sources to extend power effectivity and cut back air air pollution. We plan to extend our power manufacturing with the assist we obtain from our companions.”

Inogen will carry out building website work and ship the techniques that may observe the solar for the photo voltaic array.

Potential for Hybrid Energy

“We’re more than happy to be an answer companion in one of the vital initiatives of our nation and the world below the management of GE,” stated Ali Murat SOYDAN, Inogen’s CEO.  “We consider that there’s a nice hybrid potential in our nation. Right here, our most vital characteristic is our skill to implement initiatives in a short time with native manufacturing.”

GE will ship seven FLEXINVERTER solar energy conversion items for the challenge, which marks the primary set up of GE’s 4.7-MW photo voltaic resolution worldwide. GE has beforehand delivered 1.3 GW of its FLEXINVERTER know-how in Turkey, in phases one and two of the Karapinar photo voltaic plant, and the Karapinar section II-B photo voltaic plant.

In accordance with GE, the FLEXINVERTER “is an built-in containerized resolution that mixes a photo voltaic inverter, medium voltage energy transformer, and an elective MV Ring Foremost Unit, all built-in in a regular 20-feet ISO excessive dice container. The know-how is a brilliant resolution that helps ship a dependable, cost-effective, plug and play, factory-integrated energy conversion platform for utility scale photo voltaic and storage functions. It helps cut back capital and operation prices and guarantee a extra dependable plant efficiency.”

The FLEXINVERTER is a one part of GE’s Renewable Hybrids FLEX portfolio, which additionally consists of the FLEXRESERVOIR and the FLEXIQ applied sciences. Ge stated the FLEXRESERVOIR “is a techniques built-in battery power storage and energy electronics resolution for a number of configurations and market functions. FLEXIQ is a digital platform that gives design, operation, and fleet administration options to allow grid compliance and maximize lifetime buyer worth.”

—Darrell Proctor is a senior affiliate editor for POWER (@POWERmagazine).