Bahçe Wind Farm or Gökçedağ Wind Farm is an onshore wind power plant in the Bahçe district of Osmaniye Province, in the eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey. Consisting of 54 wind turbines with an installed output power of 135 MW in total, the wind farm was the country's largest one when it was commissioned in 2009.[1][2]

Bahçe Wind Farm
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Official nameBahçe Rüzgâr Enerji Santrali
CountryTurkey
LocationBahçe, Osmaniye Province
Coordinates37°10′48″N 36°36′35″E / 37.17988°N 36.60971°E / 37.17988; 36.60971
StatusOperational
Construction beganJuly 2008
Commission date2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Construction cost200 million
Wind farm
Typeonshore
Hub height85 m (279 ft)
Rotor diameter100 m (330 ft)
Power generation
Units operational54
Make and modelGE Wind Energy: 54x GE 2.5 XL
Nameplate capacity135 MW
Annual net output500 GWh

The licence for the wind farm was obtained in 2003 and will expire in 2033. Construction works at the site began in 2008.[3] It was constructed on Gökçedağ, a mountain between Bahçe and Hasanbeyli, south of the Osmaniye-Gaziantep highway D.400. It is operated by Rotor Co., a subsidiary of Zorlu Holding. The wind farm cost 200 million.[1]

Technical details

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Gokcedag Wind Turbines near Osmaniye.

Each of the 54 wind turbines of type GE 2.5 XL, manufactured by GE Wind Energy, has an installed power capacity of 2.5 MW generated by 100 m (330 ft) rotor diameter at 85 m (279 ft) hub height. The electricity is fed into the grid by a 7 km (4.3 mi) long overhead transmission line.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Zorlu'nun rüzgar santrali üretimde..." Kent Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  2. ^ "Bahçe windfarm (Turkey)". The Windpower. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  3. ^ "Rotor lektirk Üretim A.Ş." (in Turkish). Zorlu Enerji Grubu. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  4. ^ "Environmental And Social Impact Assessment for the Bahce Windfarm Project (135 MW) (Final)" (PDF). Zorlu Enerji-Rotor Elektrik Üretim. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-30.