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Turboden, a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, leader in Organic Rankine Cycle turbogenerators for
distributed power generation employing renewable sources and waste heat, signed an order with AGT A.Ş. for a
5.5 MWe power-only unit.
AGT A.Ş. is one of the leading companies of the world in furniture components sector. AGT serves for the
construction industry with its production of flooring, door, wall panels and baseboard and for the furniture and
decoration sector with its production of MDF, MDF-LAM Panel.
The high-efficiency ORC unit, installed by Turboden in the AGT MDF plant in Antalya in Southern Turkey is
going to be part of the new AGT Enerji biomass plant that turns wood waste into electric power.
The unit is equipped with an air-cooled condenser in order to save about 250,000 ton of water per year, when
compared with a water-cooled system. On the operational side, this system assures to AGT very low operational
cost and the avoidance of many water-related activities (water treatment, feeding system, filters, etc.).
The start-up of the plant is scheduled for the third quarter of 2019.
The main components of the ORC turbine unit are produced locally by Turboden’s Turkish subsidiary Turboden
Turkey A.Ş. based in Sincan, Ankara. For the first time in Turkey not only the turbine but also the generator are
produced locally, guaranteeing to the customer an increase of the tariff of $25 per MWh, passing from $133 to
$158 per MWh, providing an extra bonus of about $5 million in five years.
AGT is the 12th plant installed in Turkey by Turboden, with a total projected installed capacity of 42 MWe (of
which 21 MWe under construction). In the biomass sector, it is the fourth plant after Kastamonu Entegre (1 MWe),
Güres (2.3 MWe) and Starwood (5.5 MWe).
Source:Biomass Magazine
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