Bağıştaş 1 Dam Explained

Bağıştaş 1 Dam
Name Official:Bağıştaş 1 Baraji ve HEPP
Location Map:Turkey
Coordinates:39.4493°N 38.5229°W
Country:Turkey
Location:Bağıştaş, İliç district, Erzincan Province
Purpose:Power
Status:O
Construction Began:2011
Opening:2015
Owner:Ictas Enerji Uretim ve Ticaret AS
Dam Type:Embankment
Dam Crosses:Karasu River
Dam Height:50m (160feet)
Res Catchment:15587km2
Plant Commission:2015
Plant Type:Conventional
Plant Turbines:3 x 44.7 MW, 1 x 6.3 MW Francis-type[1]
Plant Capacity:140.4 MW

The Bağıştaş 1 Dam is an embankment dam on the Karasu River near Bağıştaş in İliç district of Erzincan Province, eastern Turkey. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 140.4 MW power station. Construction began in 2011 and the generators were commissioned in 2015. It was officially dedicated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 14 January 2016. The dam and power plant are owned and operated by Ictas Enerji Uretim ve Ticaret AS.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hydroelectric Plants in Northern Turkey - other regions. IndustCards. 4 March 2016. https://archive.today/20130103131922/http://www.industcards.com/hydro-turkey-north.htm. 2013-01-03. dead.
  2. News: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 99 dams and HES is speaking at the opening ceremony, erzincan Bağıştaş 1 Dam and HEPP Opening Performing, Icdas Holding İÇDAŞ Yö. 4 March 2016. Haber 24. 16 January 2016. tr. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307163401/http://www.haber24.com/cumhurbaskani-recep-tayyip-erdogan-99-baraj-ve-hes-acilisi-toreninde-konusma-yapiyor-erzincan-bagistas-1-baraji-ve-hes-acilisi-yapiliyor-icdas-holding-icdas-yo-haberi-335267. 7 March 2016. dead.