(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, MAY 14 - European Bank for Reconstruction
& Development (ebrd) announced a 135 million euros loan to
Turkish energy company Enerjisa to construct a new wind farm in
the country, as NewEurope website reports. This is the EBRD's
second wind farm in Turkey. The loan would be utilised to build
Enerjisa Bares WPP, an on-shore independent wind farm in
Balikesir in western Turkey. Enerjisa Bares WPP will comprise of
52 wind turbines and have a generation capacity of 142.5MW. The
EBRD financing is structured under the bank's A/B loan scheme,
with 100 million euros on EBRD's account and the rest on the
account of commercial banks. Enerjisa CEO Yetik Kadri Mert said
the company aims to increase the share of renewable energy
sources in generation portfolio, in order to meet the
electricity demand of Turkey in the most reliable and
environmentally-friendly manner. Enerjisa, jointly owned by Haci
Omer Sabanci Holding and Verbund International is the leading
privately-owned Turkish energy company active in electricity
generation, trading, wholesale and distribution. Enerjisa Bares
to complete in second half of this year, will become Turkey's
largest wind farm to date, increasing Turkey's current installed
wind generation capacity of around 1.8GW by approximately 8%.
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