General Electric said it would supply four 250 MW turbines for the pumped storage system in Eğirdir in western Turkey. General Electric Co. has revealed it agreed to manufacture four turbines of 250 MW each for the pumped storage system at the fourth-largest lake in Turkey. The construction of the pumped storage hydropower plant in the country’s west, over 100 kilometers north of Antalya, is scheduled to start by January 2022. Pumped storage hydropower plants use excess electricity from the network to draw water into accumulations at higher altitudes, and they activate turbines and produce power when demand rises. Pumped storage hydropower also helps stabilize market prices of electricity.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 13, 2020 15:45 UTC