Renewable Energy Integration

The objective of the Renewable Energy Integration Project for Turkey is to assist Turkey in meeting its increased power demand by strengthening the transmission system and facilitating large-scale renewable energy generation. The project has four components. (1) Development of transmission infrastructure to facilitate faster development of Wind Power Plants (WPPs) component will develop three 380kV 500 MVA highly digitalized sub-stations with associated grid connection structures for evacuation of wind power in the areas of Can, Izmir and Vize. The proposed structures will include high voltage (HV) substations, HV grid interfacing equipment, smart-metering systems, feeders (underground cables), tele-metered dispatch systems, digital protection systems, supervisory systems, and automatic voltage control systems. (2) Smart-grid investments component will strengthen grid operation and management in face of higher wind energy generation. (3) Lapseki 2-Sutluce 2 380 kV Submarine Power Cable component will insure a better inter-connect wind energy locations with other parts of Turkey. (4) Strengthening of transmission networks component will cater the investment needs for 380kV bulk-transmission and 154 kV sub-transmission network expansions to meet rapidly increasing demand and supply.