Luca Pozzoni, Exergy (on the left) Yasin Kilic, Hez Enerji (on the right) at the contract signature ceremony. Image courtesy Exergy

Clean technology company Exergy International has signed a deal with Hez Enerji for the supply of a 24MWe geothermal binary plant, the Bilecik HEZ Moral? JES-1 unit in Aydin, Turkey.

Exergy will be responsible for the design, engineering and supply of the power plant.

The design of the binary system consists of a cycle utilising two Radial Outflow Turbines (ROT) of 12MWe each and an air-cooled condensing system. The project involves the local manufacturing of the turbines and generator that will be delivered by Exergy’s subsidiary company in Turkey, Exergy Turkey.

The ORC power plant is planned to be delivered by Q2 of 2024 and start-up is forecast before the end of 2024.

The project will contribute to further raising the share of renewable energy production in Turkey, one of the top 10 countries worldwide for geothermal power generation with 1.7GWe of installed capacity.

Once in operation, the new Hez Energy power plant will reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 70,000 tonnes per year and will contribute to reaching the country’s decarbonisation goals.

Turkish energy company Hez Enerji currently has nine geothermal license areas under development in the Aydin, Manisa, Denizli, Bilecik and Nigde regions for a total of 42,434 hectares. The company started its exploration activities in 2016 and is continuing to develop its production wells with the geothermal potential of the license areas estimated to be around 300MWe of total capacity.