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A Danish wind industry delegation paid a three-day visit to Turkey earlier this month to conduct a fact-finding mission​. They visited production sites in Izmir, known as Turkey’s “wind sector capital”, state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reported.
Seven Danish wind supply chain companies held roundtable discussions and business-to-business meetings with Turkish companies to explore partnerships and business opportunities, it added.
The Danish delegation included the Danish Wind Power Academy (DWPA), FairWind, Fritz Schur Energy, Martin Bencher Group, Resolux Group, Svendborg Brakes and United Wind Force (UWF).
Siemens Gamesa Turkey has announced that it is building Turkey's first wind turbine factory. It is scheduled to go operational at the end of November.
A recent World Bank report suggested Turkey has nearly 70 gigawatts (GW) of technical potential for offshore wind.
This amount is around three times the installed electricity generation capacity of all 28 EU countries, the World Bank said.
“The most attractive areas for offshore wind in Turkey lie in the northwest in the Aegean Sea where wind speeds rise to 9 meters per second (m/s)," the report said.
Turkey's first wind turbine factory would go operational at the end of November, Ebru Cicekliyurt, CEO and executive board member at Siemens Gamesa Turkey​, has said. The company has constructed the factory in the western province of Izmir on the Aegean coast.
“Equipment has arrived at our factory, which will be ready to allow manufacturing by the end of November. It is located on a compound of 40,000 square meters, and once completed, will provide employment for 500 people," Cicekliyurt said.
She added that 100 nacelles, which have the potential to produce a total of 500 megawatts of electricity per year, would be manufactured at the plant.
9.2.10 ​Metallurgy & mining corporate news
A Taiwan-based company will spend around $100mn on building a steel plant in Turkey​’s western industrial province of Kocaeli, Walter Yeh, president of Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) has told state-run news service Anadolu Agency.
“The investment process has begun for the factory that will employ 300 people,” said Yeh, declining to provide the name of the investor.
Yeh also praised strong trade ties between Turkey and Taiwan, noting that Taiwan Cement Corporation bought 40% of OYAK Cimento for $640mn last year.
“Bilateral trade totals around $1.8bn, but the aim is to increase this to at least to $2bn,” he said.
Ataer Holdings, owned by the Turkish army retirement fund Oyak, has lost out in its bid to buy British Steel out of liquidation​.
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