Turkey gives 50MW Europe debut to GE's 1.6MW wind turbine

GE will deliver 31 of its 1.6-100 wind turbines to Fina Enerji’s 50MW Tayakadin development near Istanbul, Turkey – marking the first installation of the machine in Europe.

The wind farm will supply energy to more than 14,000 homes. Along with the 1.6MW wind turbines – which will be shipped from the US group’s Salzbergen, Germany facility by the end of 2012 – GE will provide commissioning and technical advisory services for the Tayakadin project.

Fina will handle the installation and civil works at the wind farm, which is slated to be switched on by the first quarter of 2013.

The Tayakadin project is part of the Turkish government’s plans to boost wind power production to 20GW by 2023…

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