Alpaslan-1 Dam | |
Name Official: | Alpaslan I Barajı |
Dam Crosses: | Murat River |
Location: | Toklu, Muş Province, Turkey |
Dam Type: | Embankment, rock/sand fill with clay core |
Dam Height: | 91m (299feet) |
Dam Volume: | 3780000m2 |
Construction Began: | 1994 |
Opening: | 2009 |
Res Capacity Total: | 2993000000m2 |
Res Catchment: | 15460km2 |
Res Surface: | 115km2 |
Plant Turbines: | 4 x 40 MW Francis-type |
Plant Capacity: | 160 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 488 GWh |
Plant Commission: | 2009 |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Location Map Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 39.0465°N 41.8176°W |
Website: | www.alpaslan-1 barajı |
Alpaslan-1 Dam (Turkish: Alpaslan I Barajı) is a dam and hydroelectric power station in Muş Province, Turkey. The foundation stone for the dam was laid in 1994 and construction on the dam superstructure began in 1998. The dam began to impound its reservoir in 2008 and the first of four 40 MW generators was operational in 2009. The second was commissioned in 2012.[1] [2]