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The German energy company, Siemens, won the tender in Turkey's Renewable Energy Resources Zone Project (YEKA) and this will contribute positively to the relationship between Turkey and Germany, according to Berat Albayrak, Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister on Thursday.

The Siemens - Turkerler - Kalyon consortium won the first 1,000-megawatt wind tender offered by Turkey's YEKA on Thursday. The consortium offered the lowest price at $3.48 per kilowatt-hour of electricity production.

Speaking after the YEKA tender on Thursday, Albayrak said that the result of the tender sends an important message to the world considering the 200 years of long relationship between the two countries.

Turkey broke record in cost of electricity per hour from wind power generation in the tender which was $10.3 before, Albayrak highlighted.

"There is a need to increase the share of local and renewable resources in order to decrease the country's current account deficit," Albayrak said, adding that "Especially, in the places where supply is lower, we will continue the investments in local resources and YEKA in the future."

Siemens-Turkerler-Kalyon win YEKA's 1st wind Project

The consortium offered the lowest price at $3.48 per kilowatt-hour of electricity production. The winning consortium will construct a wind turbine factory in Turkey in the next 21 months, following the signing of the agreement. Up to 450 wind turbines, each with a minimum capacity of 2.3 megawatts will be manufactured at the factory.

The YEKA wind projects aim to generate approximately 3,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year, powering 1.1 million homes annually.

A consortium of Turkish and international companies submitted a total of eight final bid offers for Turkey's 1,000 megawatts of wind power for theYEKA project last Thursday, July 27.

Wind power in YEKA will enable the country to install high wind capacity at a cost of around $1.2 billion and will avoid 1.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions each year.

The world's top wind turbine producers submitted their bids for the 1,000-megawatt wind project including eight consortiums including;

• Vestas (Denmark) - Enerjisa (Turkey)
• General Electric (U.S.) - Fina Enerji (Turkey)
• Goldwind (China) - Akfen Holding (Turkey) - Beycelik (Turkey)
• Siemens (Germany) - Turkerler (Turkey) - Kalyon (Turkey)
• Enercon (Germany) - Polat Energy (Turkey) - Limak Energy (Turkey)
• Nordex (Germany) - İklim Elektrik Yatirim (Turkey) - MKS Marmara (Turkey) - Zorlu Energy (Turkey)
• MingYang (China) - Ilk Construction (Turkey)
• Senvion Wind Energy Solutions (Germany) - IC Ictas Energy (Turkey)

Sakarya Electricity Distribution Company (SEDAS with Turkish initials) had a cooperation with Turkey’s Halic University for training on occupational safety.

The company distiributes electricity in Sakaryai Kocaeli, Bolu and Duzce provinces of Turkey which are located in the northern part of Turkey.

SEDAS, on the way to increase its consumer satiffaction and quality standarts, is training the workers.
50 workers from SEDAS got the training for securely at high levels and the program was completed in a successfull way.

SEDAS Chairman Bekir Sami Guven and other representatives of the company jointed the certificate ceremony.

After a group of trainers was created, these trainers will continue to give further training for working securely at high levels.

British Gas has announced that it will next month ramp up the price of electricity, prompting calls for greater regulation amid fears that a fresh round of increases could hit households this winter.

The company, which is owned by Centrica, said that it was leaving gas prices unchanged but that its standard electricity tariff will rise by 12.5 percent from 15 September.

For a typical household on dual fuel, the average annual bill will therefore increase by 7.3 per cent or £76, affecting over three million customers.

British Gas last raised prices in November 2013 and chief executive Mark Hodges said on Tuesday that some costs had risen steadily since then, including “government policies to subsidise renewable energy, social levies, delivery to customers’ homes, and the nationwide smart metering programme”.

“We held off increasing prices for many months longer than most suppliers in order to protect our customers from rising costs, so it is a difficult decision to have to announce an increase in electricity prices,” he said.

British Gas’s move follows a string of similar announcements earlier this year from EDF Energy, SSE, E.On, nPower and Scottish Power – which together make up the big six UK suppliers – and consumer groups and energy experts had broadly expected the increase. But many said that the announcement had been ill-timed and underscores that the energy market is getting out of control.

“Energy firms should treat all their customers fairly and we’re concerned this price rise will hit many people already on poor-value tariffs,” a spokesperson for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said. “Government policy costs make up a relatively small proportion of household energy bills. Wholesale prices are the bigger portion of household bills and are coming down.”

Source:  britishgas.co.uk
             independent.co.uk

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