Mitsubishi Heavy Industries receives order for 47 MW turbine from Turkey
Germencik geothermal plant near Izmir, Turkey (source: GÜR?? Construction and Engineering Co. Inc.)
Alexander Richter
27 Jun 2013
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Corp. receive order for the delivery of a 47 MW steam turbine for the Germencik geothermal power plant by Gurmat Electricity Generation Co. Inc. in Turkey.
In a release this morning, Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), jointly with Mitsubishi Corporation, announced “it has received an order for a steam turbine from Gurmat Electricity Generation Co. Inc., which is one of the affiliate companies of Guris Holding Co. Inc., an independent power producer (IPP) in Turkey, to be installed in the second 47 MW power generation unit at the Germencik Geothermal Power Plant. The new unit at the plant, which is located on the Aegean Sea coast approximately 60 kilometers south of Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, is slated to go on-stream in 2015.
The latest order represents the second steam turbine to be supplied by MHI to the Germencik Geothermal Power Plant, following a turbine delivered in 2008 for power generation unit No.1. The accompanying generator will be provided by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
Securing power sources has become a major issue in Turkey due to tight power supplies associated with the country’s robust economic growth. Under this situation, interest in renewable energies has been increasing, and the Turkish government is taking initiatives to promote utilization of the country’s abundant geothermal energy. For the power that will be generated at unit No.2 of the Germencik Geothermal Power Plant, for example, application of a 10-year feed-in tariff (FIT) program is planned.”
Source: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries release
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