Lower Kaleköy Dam | |
Name Official: | Aşağı Kaleköy Baraji ve HEPP |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 38.8308°N 40.7094°W |
Country: | Turkey |
Location: | Kale, Genç, Bingöl Province |
Purpose: | Power |
Status: | Planned |
Owner: | Kalehan Energy Generation |
Dam Type: | Gravity, roller-compacted concrete |
Dam Crosses: | Murat River |
Dam Length: | 504m (1,654feet) |
Dam Height Foundation: | 115m (377feet) |
Dam Height Thalweg: | 93m (305feet) |
Dam Volume: | 2474000m2 |
Spillway Capacity: | 5773m3/s |
Res Capacity Total: | 516500000m2 |
Plant Type: | Conventional |
Plant Turbines: | 3 x 155.5 MW, 1 x 33.5 MW Francis-type |
Plant Hydraulic Head: | 89m (292feet) (gross) |
Plant Capacity: | 500 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 965 GWh (est.) |
The Lower Kaleköy Dam, also known as the Aşağı Kaleköy Dam, is a gravity dam planned on the Murat River in Genç district of Bingöl Province, eastern Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and it will support a 500 MW hydroelectric power station. The 115m (377feet) tall dam will withhold a reservoir of 516500000m2. It is owned by Kalehan Energy Generation.[1]