Torul Dam | |
Name Official: | Torul Baraji |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 40.6353°N 39.2311°W |
Country: | Turkey |
Location: | Torul |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1998 |
Opening: | 2007 |
Owner: | Turkish State Hydraulic Works |
Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
Dam Height: | 1520NaN0 |
Dam Length: | 3200NaN0 |
Dam Volume: | 43000000NaN0 |
Dam Elevation Crest: | 9210NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Harşit River |
Res Capacity Total: | 1680000000NaN0 |
Res Surface: | 3.620NaN0[1] |
Plant Name: | Torul Hydroelectric Station |
Plant Coordinates: | 40.6443°N 39.1859°W |
Plant Commission: | 2008 |
Plant Type: | Conventional, diversion |
Plant Turbines: | 2 x 60.75 MW Francis-type |
Plant Capacity: | 121.5 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 322.28 GWh[2] |
The Torul Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Harşit River located 100NaN0 northwest of Torul in Gümüşhane Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. Construction on the dam began in 1998 and was completed in 2007.[3] The dam's hydroelectric power plant was commissioned in 2008. Water is diverted through a tunnel and penstock on the river's north side where it reaches the power plant located about 40NaN0 downstream. It has an installed capacity of 121.5 MW.[4]