Laleli Dam Explained

Laleli Dam
Name Official:Laleli Baraji ve HES
Location Map:Turkey
Coordinates:40.3945°N 40.6074°W
Country:Turkey
Location:Laleli, Erzurum Province
Status:UC
Purpose:Power
Construction Began:?
Opening:?
Owner:State Hydraulic Works
Dam Type:Embankment, rock-fill
Dam Height Foundation:127.50NaN0
Dam Crosses:Çoruh River
Res Capacity Total:9690000000NaN0[1]
Res Catchment:47590NaN0
Plant Hydraulic Head:1380NaN0 (gross)
Plant Commission:2017
Plant Capacity:99 MW
Plant Annual Gen:244 GWh (estimate)[2]

The Laleli Dam is an embankment dam, currently under construction near the town of Laleli on the Çoruh River in Erzurum Province, Turkey. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production. The dam, which will power a 99 MW power station, will also flood several villages to include Laleli. The dam's reservoir will stretch east into Bayburt Province.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Coruh River Development Plan. UNECE. 10 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Sucu . Sezai . Çoruh Basin Projects . State Hydraulic Works . 7 May 2013 . tr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222063503/http://www.e-kutuphane.imo.org.tr/pdf/10912.pdf . 22 February 2014 .
  3. Web site: BİZLERE SAHİP ÇIKILMAZ İSE BAYBURT KAYBEDER. Bayburt Medya. 10 May 2013. 12 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130419072204/http://www.bayburtmedya.com/index.php/bmgundem/item/1060-bizlere-sahip-%C3%A7ikilmaz-ise-bayburt-kaybeder. 19 April 2013. dead.