AVES has purchased a 60,000 m2 of land for a new project under development in the area around the Port B gate, which is an extremely valuable land in Mersin. This ambitious project will break new ground in real estate development.
In order to realize its new investment plans, AVES has completed the purchase process of a land of 125 thousand m2 in Bandirma, Balikesir, which is very close to the port and within the industrial zone. With the completion of the procurement process, project studies were initiated.
SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE
At the end of 2024 at our Mersin campus, we will start the production of soy protein concentrate, which is used as a raw material for fish and young animal feed, and of which our country is a complete importer. Our facility capacity will be 300 tons/day and the investment cost of the facility will be 20 million dollars. The soybean protein concentrate production facility will be the first production facility in our country and region on this matter.
COGENERATION PLANT
Our cogeneration facility, which is one of the steps we have taken towards producing our own energy and increasing environmental awareness, will be commissioned at our Mersin campus at the end of 2024. Our facility will have a production capacity of 50 tons/hour of steam and 4.9 MWa of power. Our aim here is to first produce steam with oilseed hulls and wastes, and then use the steam to produce a large portion of the electrical energy we need. The cogeneration plant is of great importance in terms of both energy and environmental policies of our company.
ROOFTOP SOLAR POWER PLANT
One of the steps we have taken towards producing our own energy and increasing environmental awareness is to switch to the use of green energy by installing solar energy panels on our rooftops at our Mersin campus. Accordingly, the installation of a 3600 kWp rooftop SPP power plant has been completed. With this project, we prevent approximately 10 tons of CO2 emissions per day. In addition, we will start green electricity generation at the end of 2024 with our roof SPP project for our Silopi Campus.
Value-Added Product Development Projects;
With our value-added product development projects, we make great efforts to make the outputs, which are produced as by-products during the production of our existing and new facilities, value‑added. In this context, the following value-added product development investments on Mersin Amasya and Silopi campuses, are progressing according to plan. Our aim is to ensure full integration by processing such by-products that are obtained during our production to advanced stages.
Glycerin Purification: Raw glycerin is released as a by-product during the production of our biodiesel facility located at our Mersin campus. With the glycerin purification investment, we will both produce Pharmaceutical Grade Glycerin, which is also imported by our country, and turn the by-product of our biodiesel facility into a value-added product.
Lecithin Drying: We are planning to invest in lecithin drying by using vegetable crude oils that will come out of our oilseed crushing facilities located at our Mersin and Amasya campuses. With the drying investment of lecithin, we will produce pure lecithin which is being imported by our country.
Fatty Acid Purification: Crude fatty acid is released as a by-product from our refinery facilities located at our Mersin and Iraq campuses. With the purification investment, we will both contribute to the exportation volume of our country and turn the by-product of our refinery facility into a value-added product.
Peanut Butter - Sauce: We continue to work on the production of products such as peanut butter, peanuts with sauce, and coated peanuts from our peanut product, which we process at our Silopi campus.
Bioethanol Production from Soybean Molasses: When our soy protein concentrate investment oning at our Mersin campus is completed, soybean molasses will be obtained as a by-product from the facility. With the production of bioethanol from soybean molasses, we will make molasses, which is a by-product of our facility, value-added.