Keban Dam and Hydroelectric Plant
Dam and hydroelectric scheme, 29,408 hm3 reservoir (675 km2 lake); 1,330 MW installed; 6,600 GWh/year in Turkey.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Turkey
- Location
- Keban, Elazığ
- Coordinates
- 38.808, 38.757
- Technology
- Dam and hydroelectric scheme
- Capacity
- 29,408 hm3 reservoir (675 km2 lake); 1,330 MW installed; 6,600 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
- 1965
- Commissioned
- 1974
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 1963
Construction started
- 1965
Foundations laid
- 1974
Keban-1, first four units commissioned
- 1982
Keban-2, four further units 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, Keban 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 1,330 MW (4 x 157.5 MW and 4 x 175 MW), 29,408 hm3 reservoir, 675 km2 lake, combined concrete gravity and rockfill body 210.86 m high and 1,125.72 m long, 6.6 billion kWh a year, construction from 1963, foundations laid 1965, Keban-1 four units in 1974 and Keban-2 four further units in 1982.