Özlüce Dam Explained

Özlüce Dam
Name Official:Özlüce Baraji
Location Map:Turkey
Coordinates:39.1297°N 40.0878°W
Country:Turkey
Location:Yayladere
Status:O
Construction Began:1992
Opening:2000
Owner:Turkish State Hydraulic Works
Dam Height:1440NaN0
Dam Volume:146000000NaN0
Dam Crosses:Peri River
Res Capacity Total:10750000000NaN0
Res Surface:260NaN0
Plant Turbines:2 x 100 MW Francis-type
Plant Capacity:200 MW[1]
Plant Annual Gen:413 GWh

Özlüce Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Peri River (a tributary of the Euphrates), located 100NaN0 south of Yayladere in Bingöl Province, Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and is the third dam in the Peri River cascade. Constructed between 1992 and 2000, the development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hydroelectric Power Plants in Turkey - Anadolu. IndustCards. 24 November 2011.
  2. Web site: ÖZLÜCE DAM. State Hydraulic Works. 24 November 2011.