Altinkaya
Location: Samsun
Operator: EUAS
Configuration: 4 X 175 MW Francis
Operation: 1987-1988
T/G supplier: Toshiba, Hitachi
EPC: Susi, Temelsu, Yuksel, Guris
Quick facts: Altinkaya is a clay-cored, rock-fill dam on the Kizilirmak River. Crest height is 195m and crest length is 634m.

Photograph courtesy of Yuksel Insaat AS
Posted 4 Aug 2004

Borçka
Location: Artvin
Operator: DSI
Configuration: 2 X 150 MW Francis
Operation: 2007
T/G supplier: Voith
EPC: Andritz VA Tech Hydro, Verbundplan, Strabag, Voith Siemens, Temelsu, Yuksel
Quick facts: In late Apr 2007, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated the Borçka power station. The plant was built under a bilateral agreement between Austria and Turkey and is the penultimate power plant in the Çoruh basin built by DSI.

Derbent
Location: Samsun
Operator: EUAS
Configuration: 2 X 26 MW, 1 X 6.3 MW
Operation: 1991
T/G supplier: Guris
EPC: Dogus
Quick facts: This rockfill dam is on the Kizlirmak River. The dam height from the foundation is 37m and crest length is 517m.

Gönen
Location: Balikesir
Operator: Gönen HES Elektrik Üretim AS
Configuration: 2 X 5.7 MW Francis
Operation: 1998
T/G supplier: Kossler
EPC: Limak
Quick facts: This is a 70m earthfill and rockfill dam. Construction on the multipurpose project started in 1986. The plant has a BOT contract with EUAS guaranteed by the Turkish Treasury.

Photograph courtesy of Türkiye Müteahhitler Birligi
Posted 9 Dec 2006

Hasan Ugurlu
Location: Samsun
Operator: EUAS
Configuration: 4 X 129 MW
Operation: 1979-1982
T/G supplier: Guris
EPC: EPDC, Aknil, Dogus
Quick facts: This rockfill dam is on the Yeslirmak River. The dam height from the foundation is 179m and crest length is 405m. The first feasibility study was done in 1969 and construction started in Jun 1972.

Photograph courtesy of Dogus Insaat AS
Posted 6 Aug 2006

Kurtun
Location: Gumushane
Operator: EUAS
Configuration: 2 X 40 MW Francis
Operation: 2004
T/G supplier: Voith Siemens
EPC: Nurol
Quick facts: Kurtun Dam is a 133m concrete-faced rockfill dam on the Harsit River located 27km northwest of Torul town. The crest is 300m long. This is the first instrumented CRFD in Turkey.

Photograph courtesy of Voith Siemens Hydro
Posted 27 May  2004

Kokluce
Location: Tokat
Operator: EUAS
Configuration: 2 X 45 MW Francis
Operation: 1988
T/G supplier: Sulzer, Elin
Quick facts: This rockfill dam is on the Yeslirmak River. The dam height from the foundation is 179m and crest length is 405m. The first feasibility study was done in 1969 and construction started in Jun 1972.

Photograph courtesy of Dogus Insaat AS
Posted 6 Aug 2006

Muratli
Location: Artvin
Operator: DSI
Configuration: 2 X 57.5 MW Francis
Operation: 2005
T/G supplier: Voith, Elin
EPC: Verbund, Temelsu, Strabag, Yuksel
Quick facts: In Mar 1999, VA Tech Voest Alpine signed the contract to manufacture and supply structural steelwork, turbines, valves and governors for the 115 MW Muratli plant, the lowest of a proposed cascade of 11 dams on the Coruh River. The power station is 17km from Borcka town and  was opened on 29 Jun 2005 at an official ceremony attended by the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Photograph courtesy of Andritz
Posted 25 Feb 2007

Obruk
Location: Corum
Operator: DSI
Configuration: 4 X 50.5 MW
Operation: 2009
T/G supplier: Dongfang
EPC: Su-Yapi, Limak
Quick facts: This multipurpose project is on the Kızılırmak River. The 127m zoned earthfill dam has a fill volume of 12mn m³. A 655m long derivation tunnel has an internal diameter of 10m. Total yearly energy production of is expected to be 515 GWh.

Suat Ugurlu
Location: Samsun
Operator: EUAS
Configuration: 2 X 23 MW Kaplan
Operation: 1980
T/G supplier: Voith
EPC: EPDC, Aknil, Dogus
Quick facts: This earth-core rockfill dam is 18km downstream of the Hasan Ugurlu dam on the Yeslirmak River. The dam height from the foundation is 56m and crest length is 380m.It re-rgulates water flows and irrigates 80,000ha on the Carsamba Plain.

Photograph courtesy of Dogus Insaat AS
Posted 6 Aug 2006

Torul
Location: Gumushane
Operator: DSI
Configuration: 2 X 60.75 MW
Operation: 2009
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila
EPC: Baytur, Ozdemir
Quick facts: The Torul Dam project is on the Harsit River 14km from Torul. The 152m rockfill dam has a crest length of 920m and 1.3mn m³ of fill.

Photograph courtesy of Türkiye Müteahhitler Birligi
Posted 26 Dec 2006

Uzuncayir
Location: Tunceli
Operator: Limak Enerji
Configuration: 3 X 32 MW Francis
Operation: 2008
T/G supplier: Voith, Siemens
EPC: Cemil Ozgur
Quick facts: In Dec 2007, Voith Siemens Hydro was awarded the complete equipment supply contract for this project, which was acquired in auction by the IPP Limak Insaat. The contract was worth €33mn and was undertaken by Voith companies in Austria and Turkey. DSI originally built the dam and powerhouse with space for three 24-MW sets but designers increased capacity at the existing powerhouse without costly modifications to the civil works. Voith’s supply contract covered turbines, inlet valves, governors, drainage, mechanical auxiliaries, generators, the excitation and protection system, unit and plant automation, generator bus, medium and low voltage systems, power transformers and HV (155kV) switchgear. The dam was built where the Munzur River enters Keban Reservoir.

Photograph courtesy of Voith Siemens Hydro
Posted 23 Dec 2007