Birecik Dam

Dam in Turkey

37°03′12″N 37°53′24″E / 37.05333°N 37.89000°E / 37.05333; 37.89000Opening date2000Dam and spillwaysType of damGravity damImpoundsEuphrates RiverHeight62.5 m (205 ft)ReservoirCreatesReservoirCatchment area92,700 ha (358 sq mi)Power StationCommission date2000-2001Turbines6 × 112 MWInstalled capacity672 MWAnnual generation2,500 GWh

The Birecik Dam, one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, is located on the Euphrates River 60 km (37 mi) downstream of Atatürk Dam and 8 km (5.0 mi) upstream of Birecik town 80 km (50 mi) west of Province of Şanlıurfa in the southeastern region of Turkey. It was purposed for irrigation and energy production. There is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant, established in 2001, at the dam, with a power output of 672MW (six units at 112 MW each) can generate an average of 2.5 billion kWh per year.^[1] The Birecik dam is a structure consisting of a concrete gravity and clay core sandgravel fill with a height of 62.5 m (205 ft) from the foundation. It was designed by Coyne et Bellier. The total catchment area is 92,700 ha (358 sq mi).^[2] The Birecik project will be realized under the status of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.

The dam was built on top of the ruins of the ancient city of Zeugma. According to Bogumil Terminski (2015), the construction of the dam resulted in resettlement of approximately 6,000 people.^[3]

References

^ "The design & the management of the hydro power plant birecik". Verbundplanbirecik. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ State Hydraulic Works (DSİ), Turkey. "General information on Birecik Dam, Turkey". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ Bogumil Terminski, Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Causes, Consequences, and Socio-Legal Context, Ibidem Press, Stuttgart, 2015.

External links

United Nations Southeast Anatolia Sustainable Human Development Program (GAP)
Current status of GAP as of June 2000
Official GAP web site

Dams and reservoirs in Turkey

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Dams by province
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v t e Dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP)
Euphrates Basin	Keban Karakaya Atatürk Birecik Karkamış Çamgazi Hancağız Koçali Sırımtaş Büyükçay Kahta Çataltepe Gömikan Kayacık Kemlin
Tigris Basin	Kralkızı Dicle Batman Ilısu Silvan Kayser Garzan Cizre
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v t e Dams and barrages on the Euphrates
	Keban Karakaya Atatürk Birecik Karkamış
	Tishrin Tabqa Baath Halabiye (proposed)
	Haditha Ramadi Fallujah Hindiya

Power stations in Turkey

Nuclear

Akkuyu – 4,800 MW
Sinop – 4,480 MW

Renewable
energy

Geothermal	Gümüşköy – 13 MW Kızıldere – 95 MW
Hydroelectric	Adıgüzel – 62 MW Akköprü – 115 MW Aksu – 13 MW Alaköprü – 26 MW Alkumru – 265.5 M Almus – 27 MW Alpaslan-1 – 160 MW Alpaslan-2 – 280 MW Altınkaya – 700 MW Arkun – 237 MW Artvin – 340 MW Aslantaş – 138 MW Atasu – 5 MW Atatürk – 2,400 MW Bahçelik – 7 MW Batman – 160 MW Berdan – 10 MW Berke – 510 MW Birecik – 672 MW Borçka – 300 MW Boyabat – 513 MW Burç Bendi – 27.9 MW Çamlıgöze – 33 MW Çatalan – 169 MW Çetin – 405 MW Çınarcık – 100 MW Cindere – 29 MW Çine – 47 MW Cizre −240 MW Demirköprü – 69 MW Derbent – 58 MW Deriner – 670 MW Devecikonağı – 29 MW Dicle – 110 MW Ermenek – 300 MW Garzan – 49 MW Gezende – 159 MW Gökçekaya – 278 MW Gönen – 11 MW Güllübağ – 96 MW Gürsöğüt −242 MW
Solar	Greenway CSP Mersin – 6 MW Karapınar – 1,000 MW
Waste	Istanbul Waste Power Plant
Wind	Aliağa – 193 MW Bahçe – 135 MW Çanta – 47.5 MW Dağpazarı – 39 MW Mut – 33 MW Şamlı – 174 MW Soma – 140.4 MW