Kiğı Dam Explained

Kiğı Dam
Name Official:Kiğı Barajı
Location Map:Turkey
Coordinates:39.3683°N 40.3519°W
Country:Turkey
Location:Bingöl
Status:Dam complete; reservoir impounding
Construction Began:1998
Opening:2006
Owner:Turkish State Hydraulic Works
Dam Type:Embankment, rock-fill
Dam Height Thalweg:1500NaN0
Dam Height Foundation:1700NaN0
Dam Width Crest:5850NaN0
Dam Volume:230000000NaN0
Dam Crosses:Peri River
Spillway Capacity:45000NaN0
Res Capacity Total:12000000000NaN0
Res Surface:8.350NaN0[1]
Plant Name:Kığı HES
Plant Coordinates:39.301°N 40.3714°W
Plant Commission:2016 (est.)
Plant Turbines:3 x 60 MW Francis-type
Plant Capacity:180 MW[2]

Kiğı Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Peri River (a tributary of the Euphrates) in Bingöl Province, Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and is the first dam in the Peri River cascade, serving as the headwaters. Construction began in 1998 and is backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. When commissioned, it will support a 180 MW power station. Water from the reservoir will be diverted to an underground power station downstream via an 8.5km (05.3miles) long tunnel.[2] In August 2015, suspected Kurdistan Workers' Party militants set fire to three cement trucks associated with the dam construction site.[3] In January 2016, the dam was completed and the reservoir began to impound water.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bingol Regional Office. State Hydraulic Works. 24 November 2011. tr. 3 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111203083640/http://www2.dsi.gov.tr/bolge/dsi9/bingol.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Kigi Dam and HEPP . Ozaltin . 24 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120508050605/http://www.ozaltin.com.tr/page.php?lang=tr&ID=205&sub&project&PID=12 . 8 May 2012 .
  3. News: PKK burned cement truck. 15 February 2015. Ulusal Kanal. 26 August 2014. tr.
  4. News: Begun at the Impoundment Dam Kiğı. 16 February 2016. Haberler. 8 January 2016. tr.