Deriner Dam
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 Location of Deriner Dam in Turkey
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| Official name | Deriner Barajı |
| Location | Artvin, Artvin Province, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 41°10′11″N 41°52′13″E / 41.16972°N 41.87028°ECoordinates: 41°10′11″N 41°52′13″E / 41.16972°N 41.87028°E |
| Construction began | 1998 |
| Opening date | 2012 |
| Construction cost | ~2 billion USD |
| Owner(s) | Turkish State Hydraulic Works |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Concrete double curvature arch |
| Impounds | Coruh River |
| Height | 249 m (817 ft) |
| Length | 720 m (2,360 ft) |
| Width (base) | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Dam volume | 3,400,000 m3 (4,400,000 cu yd) |
| Spillway type | Over-flow, gate-controlled tunnel x 2 Orifice, gate-controlled x 8 |
| Spillway capacity | Over-flow: 2,250 m3/s (79,000 cu ft/s) Orifice:7,000 m3/s (250,000 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Deriner Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 1,970,000,000 m3 (1,600,000 acre·ft) |
| Catchment area | 18,389 km2 (7,100 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 26.4 km2 (10.2 sq mi) |
| Power station | |
| Commission date | February 2013 |
| Type | Conventional |
| Turbines | 4 x 167.5 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 670 MW |
| Annual generation | 2118 GWh |
Deriner Dam (Turkish: Deriner Barajı) is a concrete double-curved arch dam on the Çoruh River 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Artvin in Artvin Province, Turkey. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and additionally flood control. Construction on the dam began in 1998, the reservoir began to fill in February 2012 and the power station was completed by February 2013. It will have a 670 MW power house and is the tallest dam in Turkey. The dam is being implemented by Turkey's State Hydraulic Works and constructed by a consortium of Turkish, Russian and Swiss companies.
The dam is named after İbrahim Deriner, who died while serving as the Chief Engineer of its research team.
In 1969, a survey of the energy potential of the Coruh River was carried out by the Electrical Power Resources Survey Administration and later potential dam foundations were investigated. Based on the studies and investigations, a master plan for the river was started in 1979 and completed in 1982. The feasibility study for the Deriner Dam was not completed until 1987 and was carried out by Switzerland's Poyry Energy and Turkey's Dolsar Engineering. Several factors delayed construction of the dam during this period. The cost of relocating roads in such a mountainous area would be high and the need for agricultural, not electric development was deemed a higher priority. As the demand for electricity in Turkey grew, the Çoruh Valley Project began its implementation. After negotiations and the signing of a protocol between the Turkish and Russian governments at the 1994 Turkish-Russian Mixed Economic Commission in Moscow, Turkey's State Hydraulic Works was authorized to move forward with the dam. The consortium started with the Russian company Technostroyexport and later expanded with Turkey's ERG Construction and Stucky, ALSTOM and Andritz. The Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the dam was completed and approved in 1995 and funding to begin the project was available in 1997. In 1998, the consortium received the site and construction commenced.
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