Sırımtaş Dam | |
Name Official: | Sırımtaş Baraji |
Dam Crosses: | Birimşe River |
Location: | Alancık, Adıyaman Province, Turkey |
Dam Type: | Gravity, roller-compacted concrete |
Dam Height: | 920NaN0 |
Purpose: | Power |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 2009 |
Opening: | 2013 |
Res Name: | Sırımtaş Reservoir |
Plant Operator: | Tektuğ Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd |
Plant Capacity: | 28 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 87 GWh |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 38.0301°N 38.5565°W |
Plant Name: | Sırımtaş HES |
Plant Coordinates: | 37.9973°N 38.5453°W |
The Sırımtaş Dam is a gravity dam and one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project. It is located on the Birimşe River near the town of Alancık in Adıyaman Province, Turkey. Construction on the 920NaN0 tall dam began in 2009 and was completed in May 2013. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and its power station has a 28 MW installed capacity.[1] [2] [3]