Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 42

18-Oct-2010

TURKEY

EDF Energies Nouvelles Commissions Soma I Wind Farm

Paris-based EDF Energies Nouvelles on 13 October announced that it had commissioned the Soma I wind farm in Turkeys Manisa and Balikesir provinces in the northern Aegean. Soma I comprises 88 wind turbines supplied by Enercon and has a capacity of 79.2mw. It is one of the largest of four wind farms in service in Turkey. The facility was built by Polat Enerji, in which EDF...