Green Energy Technologies of TEMSAN

Recently, policies regarding climate change have become one of the most significant national and international agenda items. The developments such as the European Green Deal (EGD) presented by the European Union in 2019, the return of the United States of America to the Paris Agreement, the Net Zero by 2050 presented by the International Energy Agency, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) play a part in the formation of the international agenda.

The issue is closely followed by the public institutions, business world, scholars, and non-governmental organizations and the necessary policy steps are taken. Having a nature of a roadmap that aims to attract green investments to our country and support the green transformation, the Green Deal Action Plan has been prepared by the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye and published in the Official Gazette dated 16.07.2021 through the Presidential Circular.

Another milestone is that the law on the applicability of the ratification of the Paris Agreement has been published in the Official Gazette on October 7, 2021. The Agreement’s ratification was notified to the UN Secretary on October 11 and the Agreement entered into force 30 days later. Aiming to reduce global emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, the Paris Agreement’s ultimate objective is to achieve an economy with net-zero emissions by 2050.

The Climate Council 2022, organized by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of the Republic of Türkiye, has been held for the purpose of creating a roadmap consisting of the prioritized actions in order to determine the strategic goals in line with the net-zero emission by 2053 and green growth targets of our country. Throughout the 1-week-long council, where the concrete steps to be taken have been discussed, current state analysis has been performed with the commissions established to work on the topics such as greenhouse gas reduction, science and technology, green financing and carbon pricing, climate change adaptation, local governments, migration, just transition and other social policy areas.

Climate change has an impact on many areas such as agriculture, industry, energy, environment, finance, foreign trade, etc. and it is of utmost importance that all policy steps in this context are taken in coordination with an approach focusing on the opportunities. Here, we believe that the development of green energy technologies should be put at the centre of the steps to be taken.

In this article, we set out on a journey to get to know the green energy technologies recently developed by TEMSAN (Türkiye Elektromekanik Sanayii A.Ş.), one of the member companies of the DEİK, in these areas. But first, let us take a look at TEMSAN.

TEMSAN

Established through the Articles of Association along with the Cabinet Decision dated 13.11.1975 and numbered 7/10907, TEMSAN became operational in 1977. The purpose of the establishment of TEMSAN, whose capital is fully owned by the public (Ministry of Treasury and Finance), is to undertake all kinds of goods, services, consultancy, and construction work for generation, transmission, storage, and distribution facilities and industrial facilities in the energy industry and to perform testing and R&D and P&D activities for the equipment and systems used in these facilities.

TEMSAN has been offering turnkey services to many projects in Hydroelectric Power Plant (HEPP) Projects, Transformer Centres, Thermal Power Plant and Natural Gas Cycle Power Plants. TEMSAN has recently turned to new fields of activity in order to make use of the opportunities brought by climate change, and within this scope, it has focused on the development of domestic and national energy technologies. For this purpose, the R&D Centre Directorate, which started its activities in 2017, applied to the Ministry of Industry and Technology to become an on-site design centre and was awarded the Design Centre Title on 21.01.2022. Hence, TEMSAN has become the first and, for now, the only institution to gain this title among public institutions and organizations.

 We aim to contribute significantly to the energy policies of climate change through our national energy technologies designed and produced in this Design Centre. Let us briefly introduce these technologies.

• MOBITEM

This is a hybrid mobile energy system designed to be used in disasters and emergencies such as agricultural irrigation, earthquake, flood, and fire in rural areas.

MOBITEM Light offers the opportunity to perform irrigation through the efficient use of solar energy for small-scale agricultural irrigation areas where access to electricity is limited.

Technical Properties:

1. Dimensions: 2500×3500 mm
2. O1 Certified Carrier System
3. 4×535 W Double-Sided Monocrystalline Solar Panel
4. 4×100 AH Gel Battery
5. 5 kW Pure Sine Wave Inverter
6. 2 HP Jet Pump

MOBITEM PRO, on the other hand, offers the opportunity to perform irrigation through the efficient use of solar energy for medium and large-scale agricultural irrigation areas where access to electricity is limited.

Technical Properties

1. Dimensions: 2550×5000 mm
2. O2 Certified Carrier System
3. 4×535 W Monocrystalline Solar Panel
4. 4×200 AH Gel Battery
5. 10 kW Pure Sine Wave Inverter
6. 5 HP Jet Pump
7. 5 m³ Water Tank

• BIOTEM

BIOTEM has been developed with the aim of using the biogas produced from animal waste by our farmers dealing with cattle breeding in rural areas in line with their individual needs. BIOTEM is a biogas unit that produces biogas using the organic waste of 1-3 cattle and has the capacity to cook 3 meals for a household via the gas produced. It is a product developed especially for our farmers living in rural areas without natural gas supply and keeping animals. The product has been placed in 14 different locations in Ankara for testing purposes. In line with the results obtained from these locations, 15 different pilot implementation studies have been set up in different climatic regions of our country.  In this context, a protocol has been signed with Ege University Biomass Energy Systems and Technologies Application and Research Centre, and 3 units have been installed in İzmir.
Cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has been developed and technical and test expert support has been received. With the purpose of monitoring the technical values of the units, a remote monitoring system has been developed and the TEMSAN Energy Internet Platform (TEIP) has been activated, and the data of BIOTEM devices are monitored digitally.

• HIDROTEM

HIDROTEM is a compact hydroelectric power plant designed to produce electricity in a quick, cost-efficient, and easy manner from water sources. It offers ease of operation by reducing construction costs and shortening assembly time, especially in facilities below 1 MW.