General Electric (GE) will manufacture Turkey's largest generator transformer for TERNA SA (a member of GEK TERNA Group) at its Power Transformers factory in Gebze, 30 miles southeast of Istanbul, the company announced Monday.
This 820 MVA Generator Step-Up transformer to be manufactured at this factory will be the largest such transformer to be used in Greece.
"Scheduled for completion in 2018, the transformer will be installed at the Ptolemais Power Plant located at the Komanos mine in Western Macedonia Prefecture in Greece," the statement read.
GE's factory in Gebze is a competence center in the manufacture of special transformers and reactors for heavy industry manned by a research and development team of 70.
The company underlined that the transformer offers the highest possible yield in technical terms in relation to its minimal size and cost.
"It will enable lower fuel consumption for power generation through low losses and higher productivity, resulting in a reduction in power costs," the statement read.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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