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]