{"id":217807,"date":"2009-11-16T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049624.post-5199188712083231257"},"modified":"2009-11-16T18:04:49","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T22:04:49","slug":"enerjisa-to-open-bandirma-plant-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/217807","title":{"rendered":"EnerjiSA to open Band\u0131rma plant in July"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by JALE \u00d6ZGENT\u00dcRK, BANDIRMA, Bal\u0131kesir \u2013 Referans, Monday, November 16, 2009<\/p>\n

EnerjiSA, a joint venture of Turkey\u2019s Sabanc\u0131 Group and Austria\u2019s Verbund, is speeding up the building process on its natural-gas combined-cycle plant in Band\u0131rma.<\/p>\n

The foundation for the facility was laid Oct. 22 last year in the industrialized town in the northwestern city of Bal\u0131kesir.<\/p>\n

G\u00fcler Sabanc\u0131, the chairwoman of Sabanc\u0131 Holding, and Ahmet D\u00f6rd\u00fcnc\u00fc, the chief executive officer of the group, both went to Band\u0131rma to examine the power plant last week and have decided to start generation two days earlier than planned.<\/p>\n

In response to Sabanc\u0131\u2019s question about the launch date of electricity generation, EnerjiSA Project Manager Veli Balat first said electricity generation would start Aug. 1, 2010. D\u00f6rd\u00fcnc\u00fc asked for it to be ready July 30, a request Balat promised to fulfill. The change will yield an additional 4 million euros in turnover for EnerjiSA.<\/p>\n

If the Band\u0131rma Natural-Gas Combined-Cycle Plant, which will cost 660 million euros, begins to operate on time, it will bring self-confidence to the company by allowing EnerjiSA to \u201cprove its maturity,\u201d Sabanc\u0131 said.<\/p>\n

With the launch of the Band\u0131rma plant in 2010, D\u00f6rd\u00fcnc\u00fc added, Sabanc\u0131 Holding will become a major actor in the natural-gas sector.<\/p>\n

The only plant of its kind in Turkey, the Band\u0131rma facility will reap 700 million euros in turnover by generating 920 megawatts of electricity annually. The daily turnover of the plant will be nearly 2 million euros.<\/p>\n

EnerjiSA has invested a total of 660 million euros in the power-plant project, including 500 million euros for machine and equipment, said Selahattin Hakman, the energy group chairman at Sabanc\u0131 Holding. This investment budget includes road and infrastructure studies as well as land and credit costs.<\/p>\n

Cheaper electricity generation<\/p>\n

While other natural-gas combined-cycle plants have efficiency rates of at most 52.5 percent when converting 100 units of natural gas into electricity, this ratio will reach 59 percent or even 61 percent at the Band\u0131rma facility. As a result, EnerjiSA will be able to generate electricity 10 percent more cheaply than other power plants in Turkey.<\/p>\n

The electricity generated at the Band\u0131rma plant will supply 2.5 percent of Turkey\u2019s overall electricity needs.<\/p>\n

Planning to reach 5,000 megawatts of electricity-generation capacity by 2015, EnerjiSA aims to have a 10 percent share in the market. Currently generating 450 megawatts of electricity, EnerjiSA has seven hydroelectric power-plant projects in the works.<\/p>\n

The group, which has a thermal-power investment in Tufanbeyli and a wind-energy investment in \u00c7anakkale, will reach 2,000 megawatts of electricity production by the end of 2012, a figure that will rise to 5,000 megawatts in 2015.<\/p>\n

EnerjiSA is a fifty-fifty percent joint venture of Sabanc\u0131 and Verbund, one of the leading companies in Europe and Austria\u2019s largest generator of electricity. The weight of energy in Sabanc\u0131 Holding will climb from 15 percent to 20 percent with these investments.<\/p>\n

The firm, which won the tender for Ba\u015fkent Da\u011f\u0131t\u0131m, an electricity-distribution firm, has 3 million subscribers. Sabanc\u0131 Holding aims to add 3 million more subscribers with some new tenders in the upcoming period.<\/p>\n

According to Hakman, the firm is interested in the tender for the distributor Uluda\u011f Da\u011f\u0131t\u0131m, which distributes electricity to the cities of Bursa, Bilecik and \u00c7anakkale.<\/p>\n

Though Sabanc\u0131 Holding aims to become an energy leader and the group is also interested in nuclear energy, it did not offer a bid on Turkey\u2019s first nuclear power-plant tender. \u201cSome changes may take place in nuclear energy laws. Then we may reevaluate the conditions,\u201d said Hakman.<\/p>\n

A hydroelectric power plant used for cooling purposes will also be constructed at the natural-gas power plant in Band\u0131rma. Some 10,000 residences will benefit from this innovative hydroelectric facility.<\/p>\n

Noting that Turkey\u2019s decision to participate in the Kyoto Protocol was a correct one, Sabanc\u0131 added: \u201cHowever, the position we are in is not proper. We are positioned among the developed countries. Turkey has to go to Copenhagen on Dec. 10 well-prepared to negotiate on the protocol.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hurriyet Daily News<\/p>\n

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