GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has been selected by Borusan EnBW Enerji to provide 27 Cypress units for the 138 MW Saros project in Turkey. Borusan will operate the Cypress turbines at 5.X MW, with a rotor diameter of 158 metres.
This marks the first order in Turkey for GE's Cypress platform. GE’s scope of work will also include 10 years services agreements. The two-pieces blade will be produced by GE’s wind turbine blade manufacturer, LM Wind Power at its site in Bergama, Izmir, Turkey. Towers for the wind turbines will also be produced in Turkey.