Borusan EnBW puts 80 MW Pelit wind farm online in Turkey

Borusan EnBW Enerji’s first wind investment in Central Anatolia, the Pelit wind power plant, began production. Located near Sivas, it has 80 MW in capacity.

The joint venture of Borusan Holding and Energie Baden-Württemberg increased its wind power portfolio in Turkey to 212 turbines in operation and 776 MW. Its tenth facility, Pelit, is located near Sivas and is the first in Central Anatolia.

Borusan EnBW’s new wind park consists of 14 Nordex machines, of which 13 have 5.7 MW each, according to project documentation. The remaining one is of 5.9 MW.

At 80 MW, Pelit is the firm’s fifth-largest wind park in Turkey. It said it would and prevent 178,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the carbon sequestration of 4.6 million trees.

Estimated annual output, 280 GWh, is sufficient for the needs of 122,000 households. The partners, which established the firm in 2009, initially intended to install 40 turbines of 2 MW apiece.

Due to its location, the Pelit wind farm creates seasonal and regional diversity in Borusan EnBW Enerji’s generation portfolio, the update reads. The largest wind power plant is Saros, at 143 MW, in Çanakkale. A 94 MW photovoltaic system was built and integrated with it, creating a hybrid power plant.

The joint venture has two other small solar power plants and the Yedigöl Aksu hydropower system, of 50.3 MW. It is also active in electricity sales and trading, as well as the operation of an electric vehicle charger network.

Turkey hosts wind power plants of more than 14 GW in combined capacity.