Aybige Case Study
Aybige Case Study
Aybige Case Study
The Aybige HEPP was developed by a Turkish private joint venture to generate power under the Turkish government FIT system. All power is exported
to the Turkish national grid.
The project is located in the northern black sea region of Turkey, near the town of Kastamonu. The site is situated in a steep sided valley at an altitude
of 730 m.a.s.l., which provided a number of challenges during the construction and installation period due to heavy snowfall. The project went online
in April 2017.
The customer chose to supply the generator and the balance of electrical plant themselves working in close cooperation with Gilkes’ Engineering
team in the UK who ensured that all turbine-generator interfaces were correct.
Gilkes provided a detailed control philosophy identifying all equipment devices and instrumentation along with a commissioning procedure that
allowed the customers electrical contractor to design their PLC control system correctly. Gilkes’ commissioning engineers worked closely with the
control system supplier to develop the control philosophy and PLC programme during final start-up and testing at the project site and took the lead
in getting the plant online.
The contract for the supply of the M&E equipment was awarded to Gilkes Elektromekanik San. Ve Tic. A.S., a joint venture company between Gilkes
in the UK and Marbeyaz Makina Sanayi A.S. in Turkey.
CASE STUDY
AYBIGE, Kastamonu, Turkey
The joint venture company was set up in January 2015 to focus on supplying hydroelectric equipment packages in Turkey and neighbouring countries
with the aim of manufacturing and procuring all equipment in Turkey to take advantage of the Turkish government FIT incentives for products
manufactured in Turkey. All tendering, design, supervision of assembly, installation, commissioning, start up and testing is provided by the UK team
with Gilkes Elektromekanik overseeing the manufacture of the turbine by its partner Marbeyaz and the sourcing of ancillary plant defined by Gilkes
from the Turkish market
Gilkes Elektromekanik is one of the first companies in Turkey to have been accredited by the TSE with certification for local manufacture to allow the
project owner to be eligible the FIT incentive
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