Samsun Metropolitan Municipality, which attaches importance to renewable energy sources, is establishing the largest solar power plant (GES) in the region. 121 of the 117 power transmission line poles on the line that will transfer the electricity to be produced to the substation within the scope of the works have been placed at the designated points. Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mustafa Demir stated that the SPP project has a strategic importance for the future of the city and said, "We will save 250 million TL annually with the energy we will produce."
Samsun Metropolitan Municipality attaches great importance to renewable energy projects. The Metropolitan Municipality, which has implemented many projects to minimize soil, air and water pollution problems, turns to renewable energy sources to reduce energy consumption and costs. In this context, electricity will be produced for 685 years in the Solar Power Plant, which will be established by the Metropolitan Municipality on a 30-decare land in Büyükalan Mahallesi in Ladik district. In order to protect the trees on the land where the power plant will be established, the Metropolitan Municipality, which has pulled the fence border 5 meters from the parcel boundary, has come to an end in the energy transmission line work passing through Sanayi, Hasırcı, Tatlıcak, Aşağı Gölyazı, Kıranboğaz, İsasofta, Mazlumoğlu, Şeyhli, Aktaş and Daldere neighborhoods. 121 of the 117 power transmission line poles on the line that will transfer the electricity to be produced to the transformer center have been placed at the designated points.
127 THOUSAND 259 PANELS WILL BE PLACED
Samsun Metropolitan Municipality, which makes topographic measurements on the land where the facility will be operational, will soon start leveling the ground. Afterwards, the contractor company will proceed to the installation phase of the facility and place 127 thousand 259 solar panels. The panels with a power of 5 MW, which will be installed in stages, will immediately start energy production. A total energy production capacity of 45 MW will be reached at the beginning of 2024, when the project will be completed. The electricity to be produced will be supplied to the system from Ladik Substation, 20 km away.
'WE WILL PROVIDE GREAT SAVINGS'
Stating that the project is progressing in parallel with the planned work schedule, Samsun Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mustafa Demir said, “We are making one of the biggest public investments in Turkey. This is a very important issue. We are one of the municipalities that pays the most electricity bills according to its population. Therefore, GES will be a great project for all my citizens living in Samsun. We will produce 90 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year. The monetary equivalent of this is 250 million TL. We will transfer the electricity we produce to the national line by giving it to the system. We will then offset the corresponding amount amount. Thus, together with the 45 percent of the electricity consumed by the SASKİ General Directorate, we will be able to meet the annual electricity cost of 350 million TL, which we pay annually, from solar energy. It's a big savings. This means that we make additional investments for the future of Samsun, for women, youth and children. We have come to the end of the construction of the transmission lines that will transfer the energy we will produce from the sun to the transformer center, which is 21 km away.”
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PROJECTS ATTRACT ATTENTION
Explaining the environmental projects implemented and their importance, President Mustafa Demir said, “We will benefit from renewable energy sources as much as possible against climate change. We prevent water pollution with investments in drinking water and advanced biological wastewater treatment plants. In order to reduce air pollution, we have commissioned electric buses powered by lithium batteries instead of fossil fuel public transportation vehicles. We aim to convert all public transportation vehicles across the province to the electrified system. We are the first local government to implement the EU supported 'Towards Toxic Cities Project'. We are making preparations to make Samsun a non-toxic city by 2040 and to reduce its carbon emissions to zero by 2050. We attach importance to biological spraying studies, not chemical, in the fight against pests in soil pollution," he said.