The Çetin Dam hydropower dam, on the Botan River in Siirt Province, Turkey, with an installed capacity of 420 MW. It was completed in 2020.[2]

Çetin Dam
Çetin Dam is located in Turkey
Çetin Dam
Location of Çetin Dam in Turkey
CountryTurkey
LocationPervari and Şirvan discticts, Siirt Province
Coordinates37°58′27″N 42°22′42″E / 37.97417°N 42.37833°E / 37.97417; 42.37833
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Construction beganDecember 2011
Opening dateMay 2020[1]
Construction costUS$678 million
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, roller-compacted concrete
ImpoundsBotan River
Height (foundation)165 m
Height (thalweg)143 m
Length492 m
Elevation at crest825 m
Width (crest)10 m
Dam volume4 726 527 m3
Reservoir
Total capacity615 million m3
Surface area10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Maximum length37 km
Power Station
Commission dateMay 2020
Hydraulic head140 m (459 ft)
Turbines3 x 135 MW + 1 x 15 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity420 MW
Annual generation1175 GW·h

Location

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The dam will be located directly downstream of the Botan and Büyük River confluence. Also part of the Çetin project is a smaller dam 6 km (4 mi) downstream with 45 m (148 ft) in height. The Çetin lower dam will regulate outflows from the Çetin main dam and also produce hydroelectric power with a 112 MW capacity via two 56 MW Kaplan turbines.

Overall, six dams are to be built on the Botan River, among which Çetin dam will have the largest power plant.

Design

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Çetin Dam is a roller-compacted concrete body embankment dam. With a volume exceeding 4.7 million m3, il will be the biggest of its kind in Turkey, and bigger than any existing RCC dam in Europe. The dam will be 165 m high and create a 615 million m3 reservoir.[3]

The dam's power plant will house four vertical axis Francis turbine-generators, three of them with a 135 MW capacity and a smaller 15 MW one.[4]

Funding

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The owner was the Norwegian, Statkraft, at a cost of US $678 million. The Contractor was Yϋksel-iLci Joint Venture. Veidekke Industri AS was the subcontractor for Cetin dam. In September 2017, Limak invested $400 million to purchase the rights, in order to complete the whole project by 2020–21.[5][6]

Timeline

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Construction on the main dam began in December 2011 and the power plant was first expected to be complete in 2015, with a planned capacity of 401 MW.[7]

The project experienced delays due to Kurdistan Workers' Party attacks on the construction site and equipment. In February 2016, Statkraft suspended construction.[8] Works resumed in July 2017.[9]

Construction was 84% complete as of September 2019 ; at that time, as many as 15,000 m3 of concrete are poured onto the structure every day.[3]

The dam started impounding water in January 2020.[4] The first two units of the power station started generating electricity in April 2020, whereas the two remaining ones are expected to be commissioned by May 2020.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ SABAH, DAILY (May 27, 2020). "Southeastern Turkey's new dam begins producing energy, adds $73.8M to economy". Daily Sabah.
  2. ^ "Çetin Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant Started Energy Production". raillynews.com. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ a b "WHEN COMPLETED, IT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST IN TURKEY AND EUROPE". www.tarimorman.gov.tr. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. ^ a b "Çetin Dam begins to impound the waters of the Botan River in southeast of Turkey". Doğruhaber Gazetesi. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ "Statkraft sells Cetin project to Turkish firm". hydroreview.com. 22 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Limak Energy Group has purchased the Cetin Dam and Hydroelectric Power". 25 September 2019 – via PressReader.
  7. ^ "Norway's Statkraft to build 517-MW Cetin in Turkey". Hydro World. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Norway's Statkraft in the HES 'Cetin arrived" (in Turkish). Vatan. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  9. ^ a b "The Construction of Çetin Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant..." EnerjiEkonomisi. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-26.