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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.