Sep 8 2010
The Aðaoðlu Group, a Turkish company that invests in wind energy plants and residential projects, has announced the completion of a wind power plant in the district of Mut, a town located in the Mersin province of Turkey.
The wind power plant constructed at a cost of 90 million Turkish Liras will meet the power requirements of 12,000 people living nearby. When it becomes fully operational, this wind energy facility can generate enough energy to meet the power requirements of 25,000 people living in the locality.
The company has recently conducted a ground-breaking ceremony for its other wind generating project at Sah. The Sah wind project when completed will produce 93 MW of clean power to meet the power requirements of 130,000 people living in Bandirma located in the Balýkesir district. The Sah plant is expected to generate power by the month of December this year. Ali Aðaoðlu, Aðaoðlu Group’s Board Chairman, said that the Mut wind turbine project was completed in a span of six months which otherwise will take around 1.5 years for completion.
Aðaoðlu said that on completion of both the wind projects his company will supply enough electric power to meet nearly 10% of the wind energy requirements of Turkey. He further said that with due approval from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the Mut plant has started producing 33 MW of power annually and will be gradually increased to 120 MW by next year.
He complained about the non-investor-friendly environment and the slow-processing bureaucracy in Turkey and requested for investor-friendly environment for the increased participation from the business community in the renewable energy sector. Erdogan, the Prime Minister of Turkey, accepted the bureaucratic difficulties due to the newly emerged constitution after the 1980-coup. However, he expressed optimism about the proposed constitution referendum to be investor-friendly with less bureaucratic obstacles.