Karakaya Dam and Hydroelectric Plant
Dam and hydroelectric scheme, 9,242 hm3 reservoir (283 km2 lake); 1,800 MW installed; 7,500 GWh/year in Turkey.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Turkey
- Location
- Çüngüş, Diyarbakır
- Coordinates
- 38.226, 39.135
- Technology
- Dam and hydroelectric scheme
- Capacity
- 9,242 hm3 reservoir (283 km2 lake); 1,800 MW installed; 7,500 GWh/year
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI)
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Elektrik Uretim A.S. (EUAS)
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 1976
- Commissioned
- 1987
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 1976
Construction started
- 1987
Dam and plant commissioned
Sources
2 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- EUAS, Karakaya HEPP plant page. euas.gov.tr.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Gives 1,800 MW (6 x 300 MW vertical Francis), 9,242 hm3 reservoir, 282.78 km2 lake, single curvature concrete arch 173 m high with a 462 m crest and 2 million m3 of body volume, 7,500 GWh/year, construction from 1976, commissioned 1987, and identifies the scheme as part of GAP.