A Siemens-Türkerler-Kalyon consortium is preparing to launch operations at a nacelle production facility in Turkey.
The facility was built with an investment of more than $100 million (€90.6 million) and will produce 100 nacelles per year, the Anadolu news agency has reported, citing Siemens Gamesa Turkey CEO Ebru Cicekliyurt.
Its construction forms part of a contract won by Siemens-Gamesa and its Turkish partners, Turkerler Holding and Kalyon Enerji, in 2017, to build 1000 MW of onshore wind capacity in Turkey.
The so-called Renewable Energy Resource Areas (YEKA) contract will see the consortium build wind farms of at least 50 MW in five pre-designated regions: Kayseri-Niğde, Sivas, Edirne-Kırklareli-Tekirdağ, Ankara-Çankırı-Kırıkkale and Bilecik-Kütahya-Eskişehir.
The contract specified a 65 per cent local content requirement, leading the consortium to build the factory in the İzmir Aliağa Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ).
