The contract includes turbines, generators and condensers for the plant which is to be built by independent power producer Zorlu Enerji at Alasehir in Turkey’s Manisa Province. Toshiba will start to install the equipment in October 2014 in line with a scheduled launch in 2015.
Electricity consumption in Turkey is growing fast in response to population growth and economic development. International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates indicate that demand for power will more than double in the country over the next decade. The Turkish government is responding by promoting capacity expansion, including the doubling of the country’s geothermal power generation from its present level of 300MW. Most of the plants will be built in the geothermal-rich Aegean Region in the west of the country.
Toshiba will install a total of 40MW incorporating two systems. One of these will be a 30MW steam generation system that pulls hot water under high pressure into a separator to produce steam. The second system will be a 10MW binary cycle power facility that uses lower temperature fluid to vaporize a liquid with a lower boiling point.
This is the first time that the company has supplied geothermal projects in Turkey. Toshiba is currently the world’s top supplier in geothermal technology, holding a 23 percent market share. The company has installed 52 geothermal systems around the world, including North America, Southeast Asia and Europe, representing a combined capacity of 2,800MW. In August last year, Toshiba established Toshiba Infrastructure and Electronics A.S. in Istanbul, to reinforce its power generation system business in Turkey and its neighbouring countries.
The company is also hoping to participate in the geothermal plant project planned in East Africa and aims to expand its geothermal power business around the world as part of comprehensive portfolio of renewable energy solutions that also includes wind and hydroelectric power generation systems.
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