Lower Kaleköy Dam
Appearance
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Lower Kaleköy Dam | |
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Official name | Aşağı Kaleköy Baraji ve HEPP |
Country | Turkey |
Location | Kale, Genç, Bingöl Province |
Coordinates | 38°49′50.7″N 40°42′33.7″E / 38.830750°N 40.709361°E |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Planned |
Owner(s) | Kalehan Energy Generation |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Gravity, roller-compacted concrete |
Impounds | Murat River |
Height (foundation) | 115 m (377 ft) |
Height (thalweg) | 93 m (305 ft) |
Length | 504 m (1,654 ft) |
Dam volume | 2,474,000 m3 (3,236,000 cu yd) |
Spillway capacity | 5,773 m3/s (203,900 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 516,500,000 m3 (418,700 acre⋅ft) |
Type | Conventional |
Hydraulic head | 89 m (292 ft) (gross) |
Turbines | 3 x 155.5 MW, 1 x 33.5 MW Francis-type |
Installed capacity | 500 MW |
Annual generation | 965 GWh (est.) |
The Lower Kaleköy Dam, also known as the Aşağı Kaleköy Dam, is a gravity dam planned on the Murat River in Genç district of Bingöl Province, eastern Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and it will support a 500 MW hydroelectric power station. The 115 m (377 ft) tall dam will withhold a reservoir of 516,500,000 m3 (418,700 acre⋅ft). It is owned by Kalehan Energy Generation.[1]
See also
[edit]- Upper Kaleköy Dam – under construction upstream
- Beyhan I Dam – downstream
References
[edit]- ^ "Lower Kalekoy Dam and HEPP". Kalehan Energy Group. Retrieved 17 September 2016.