Çanta Wind Farm Explained

Çanta Wind Farm
Name Official:Çanta Rüzgar Enerji Santrali
Image Alt:Three windmills in a field at golden hour
Coordinates:41.1139°N 28.0583°W
Country:Turkey
Location:Çanta, Silivri, Istanbul Province
Status:O
Construction Began:2012
Owner:Boydak Enerji
Operator:Boydak Enerji
Ps Units Operational:19
Ps Units Manu Model:Nordex N100/2500
Wind Farm Type:onshore
Ps Electrical Capacity:19 X 2.5 MW
Ps Annual Generation:151 GWh

Çanta Wind Farm is a 2014 wind power plant consisting of 19 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 47.5 MW. The wind farm is in Çanta in the Silivri district of Istanbul Province, northwestern Turkey.

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 240m (790feet)-high hill northwest of Çanta town, just east of the provincial border between Tekirdağ and Istanbul. It is at a distance of 27km (17miles) to Çorlu, 17km (11miles) to Silivri and 83km (52miles) to Istanbul.

Technical details

Maximum power output of each of the 19 turbines supplied by Nordex in Germany is 2.5 MW, and the total annual energy production is about 151 GWh. The turbines of type N100/2500 have 100m (300feet) rotor diameter.

Average annual wind speed at the site is given with 7.5-.

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