Ataturk-Baraji ( Turkish Atatürk Barajı ) is a hydropower plant on the Euphrates River. Acts due to backwater from the reservoir of the same name . Located in central Turkey [1] .
| Ataturk-Barages | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A country |  Turkey |
| River | Euphrates |
| Status | acting |
| Year of construction | 1983 |
| Years of entry units | 1992 - 1993 |
| Operating organization | |
| Main characteristics | |
| Annual electricity generation, mln kWh | 8.9 |
| Electric power, MW | 2400 |
| Characteristics of the equipment | |
| Number and brand of turbines | eight |
| Generator power, MW | 8x300 |
| Main facilities | |
| Dam height, m | 169 |
| Dam length, m | 1820 |
| Gateway | not |
| On the map | |
The hydroelectric power plant has a total electrical capacity of 2,400 MW. The hydropower plant consists of eight turbines with a capacity of 300 MW and can generate 8900 GWh of electricity per year. In periods of low electricity demand, only one of eight generators is in operation, while in periods of high demand, all eight units are included in the work [1] .
The hydroelectric dam has a height of 169 m and 1820 m in length. The reservoir area is 517 km², the volume is 48.7 km³. The reservoir level varies between 526 and 537 m above sea level [1] .
History
Construction began in 1983 and was completed in 1990 . The reservoir created by the dam is the third largest reservoir in Turkey. The ancient Armenian city of Shamshat (Samosat) remained under the dam .
The total cost of the project was about 1.25 billion US dollars.
The dam was depicted on the back of a Turkish banknote in denominations of one million lire, on banknotes of the 1995–2005 sample and on the banknote in 1 new lira of 2005–2009.
In 2018, with a small descent of the water reservoir, cave paintings of about 2.5 million years old were found depicting the tribe hunting for a wild goat and a dwarf deer [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Cascade on the Euphrates. Battle for water . Blog RusHydro . The press service of RusHydro (September 21, 2011). The appeal date is April 14, 2017.
- ↑ Rock paintings of the early Paleolithic era found underwater in Turkey