Yedigöze Dam | |
Name Official: | Yedigöze Barajı ve HES |
Location Map: | Turkey |
Location Map Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 37.4015°N 35.4453°W |
Country: | Turkey |
Location: | İmamoğlu/Aladağ, Adana Province |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 2007 |
Opening: | 2010 |
Purpose: | Power, irrigation |
Owner: | Yedigöze Electricity Production and Trading Co., Ltd. (Sanko Holding) |
Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
Dam Height Thalweg: | 1050NaN0 |
Dam Height Foundation: | 1310NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Seyhan River |
Spillway Type: | Controlled chute |
Res Name: | Yedigöze Reservoir |
Res Capacity Total: | 6428000000NaN0[1] |
Res Surface: | 14.90NaN0 |
Plant Commission: | 2011 |
Plant Turbines: | 2 x 160 MW Francis-type |
Plant Capacity: | 320 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 1000 Gwh |
The Yedigöze Dam, also known as Sani Bey Dam, is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Seyhan River bordering İmamoğlu and Aladağ districts in Adana Province, Turkey. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and irrigation. The dam's power station has an installed capacity of 320 MW and the reservoir will help irrigate 75000ha.[2] Construction began in 2007 and the river was diverted by 2008.[3] [4] In the same year construction on the actual dam began and the reservoir began to fill on 15 June 2010.[5] By November 2010 the remaining construction work was complete and the generators were commissioned in 2011.[6] [7] [8] Construction on the irrigation works is ongoing.[9]