Bağıştaş 2 Dam | |
Name Official: | Bağıştaş 2 Baraji ve HEPP |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 39.4281°N 38.4136°W |
Country: | Turkey |
Location: | Bağıştaş İliç, Erzincan Province |
Purpose: | Power |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 2010 |
Opening: | 2014 |
Owner: | State Hydraulic Works |
Dam Type: | Gravity |
Dam Crosses: | Karasu River |
Dam Height: | 18.5m (60.7feet) |
Plant Commission: | 2012-2013 |
Plant Type: | Run-of-the-river |
Plant Turbines: | 3 x 16.2 MW |
Plant Capacity: | 48.6 MW |
The Bağıştaş 1 Dam is a gravity dam on the Karasu River near İliç in Erzincan Province, eastern Turkey. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 48.6 MW power station. Construction began in 2010 and the generators were commissioned in 2012 and 2013. The dam and power plant are owned and operated by the State Hydraulic Works.[1] [2]