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ELECTRICITY GENERATION
 
Installed geothermal generating capacity (December 2009) in MW
 
Germencik 47
Kizildere
27
Salavatli 7
Total 81

 

Since 2005 several construction activities have been carried out. Three new binary units of about 8 MW each have been realized, two for exploiting medium enthalpy reservoir (Dora - MB group, in Aydin-Salavatli area, at 167°C and Tuzla - Dardanel Energy, at Canakkale, still under construction) and one on the downstream of the separated brine (140°C) from the Kizildere plant, before its use for district heating, operated by Bereket .

The old plant of Kizildere, after the privatization, now owned by Zorlu group, has been refurbished and it is operating at full capacity (15 MW as the generator capacity, while the turbine is 20 MW), and a new 60 MW plant is under construction. The reservoir temperature is about 240°C. The plant is producing also 120,000 ton/year of pure CO2 for the food industry.

A new 47 MW double flash unit has been commissioned in 2009 at Germencik, by the Gurmis group, with the option of a further 47 MW as potential expansion. It is one of the biggest plant in Europe, following only the Italian standard 60 MW units. The brine temperature is 230°C.

Several additional areas have been allocated to private companies for further surface and deep exploration. Since 2005 an increase of 60 MW, corresponding to an impressive 300%, has been achieved. The target for about 200 MW in year 2015 is solid and achievable.
 

Taken from Ruggero Bertani’s paper, " Geothermal Power Generation in the World 2005–2010 Update Report ", published in Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2010, Bali, Indonesia, 25-29 April 2010.

 
DIRECT USES
 
Total thermal installed capacity in MWt:
2,084
Direct use in TJ/year
 36,885.9
Direct use in GWh/year
10,246.9
Capacity factor
0.56
 

Turkey has extensive geothermal resources, that have been utilized for heating of residences, district heating, greenhouse heating and for spas.

There are a total of 260 spas in the country using geothermal water for balneological purposes. There is also a liguid carbon dioxide and dry ice production factory integrated with a power plant at Kizildere.
Greenhouse heating has increased substantially in the last three years, with installations in six major areas covering 230 ha.
Tourism is also an important industry with over 12 million local and 10,000 foreign visitors benefiting from the balneological aspects of hot springs and spas.

Geothermal heat pump applications include the Metro Meydan M1 Shopping Center in Istanbul and the Terme Maris Facility in Dalaman. The geothermal heating is equivalent to supplying energy to 201,000 residences.

The various applications are:

219 MWt and 2,417 TJ/yr for individual space heating;
792 MWt and 7,386.4 TJ/yr for district heating;
483 MWt and 9,138 TJ/yr for greenhouse heating;
552 MWt and 17,408 TJ/yr for bathing and swimming;
38 MWt and 536.5 TJ/yr for geothermal heat pumps.

The total for the country is 2,084 MWt and 36,885.9 TJ/yr.
 

Taken from the paper by John W. Lund, Derek H. Freeston, and Tonya L. Boyd: "Direct Utilization of Geothermal Energy 2010 Worldwide Review"; published in Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2010, Bali, Indonesia, 25-29 April 2010