Turkey’s TEIAS depends on ABB technology to integrate renewables

It is noteworthy that 5,000 modern protection and control relays from Relion will clinch the electricity transmission for about 30 million citizens and contribute to the smooth integration of renewables into the Turkish Transmission grid.

TEIAS which is one of the largest electricity transmission companies in Europe possessing an installed capacity of over 80 GW, has chosen ABB to strengthen the intelligence of its electrical grid as a part of Turkey’s ambitious 2023 renewable integration targets.

Turkey’s electricity demand expected to surge manifold annually and the Turkish government intends to diversify its energy sources through annually, and the Turkish government intends to diversify its energy sources through the increased use of renewables, such as wind and solar power. For wind specifically, the government aims to install 20 GW of wind capacity by 2023. The connection of such a large amount of distributed, weather-dependent and thus intermittent energy sources to the national grid requires a great degree of smart automation from the grid protection and management perspective.

Abdullah Atalay, General Manager of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) said “We have deployed ABB feeder management relays for the integration of renewable energy sources into the developing and growing electrification system of Turkey. ABB relays have the comprehensive technical features that are in line with our requirements and expectations. We believe the relays will serve us for long time, herewith we would like to thank ABB for its long-term commitment and collaboration.”