Çanta Wind Farm is a 2014
wind power
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plant consisting of 19
wind turbine
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s with a total installed capacity of 47.5
MW. The wind farm is in
Çanta in the
Silivri
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district of
Istanbul Province
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, northwestern
Turkey
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.
The wind farm was initially projected by Bora Wind Energy Company in 2011. After Boydak Energy Company took over Bora Co., construction began in 2012. The farm went into production in May 2014 with six turbines, each with a capacity to generate 2.5
MW. By the end of June 2014, eight more turbines were in service, increasing the total installed capacity to 35 MW.
Location
The wind farm is located on a -high hill northwest of Çanta town,
just east of the provincial border between
Tekirdağ
Tekirdağ () is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is located on the north coast of the Sea of Marmara, in the region of East Thrace. The city forms the urban part of the Süleymanpaşa district, with a population of 186,421 in 2022.
Tekirdağ ...
and Istanbul. It is at a distance of to
Çorlu
Çorlu () is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, northwestern Turkey. Its area is 531 km2, and its population is 300,296 (2024). It is a rapidly growing industrial center built on flatland located on the motorway Otoyol 3 and ...
,
to Silivri and to Istanbul.
Technical details
Maximum power output of each of the 19 turbines supplied by
Nordex
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in Germany is 2.5
MW,
and the total annual energy production is about 151
GWh.
The turbines of type
N100/2500 have rotor diameter.
Average annual wind speed at the site is given with .
See also
*
List of wind farms in Turkey
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References
External links
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Silivri
Wind farms in Turkey
Energy infrastructure completed in 2014
2014 establishments in Turkey
Buildings and structures in Istanbul Province
21st-century architecture in Turkey