Çetin Dam

Dam in Pervari and Şirvan districts, Siirt Province

Çetin Dam

Location of Çetin Dam in Turkey

Country| Turkey
Location| Pervari and Şirvan districts, Siirt Province
Coordinates| 37°58′27″N 42°22′42″E﻿ / ﻿37.97417°N 42.37833°E﻿ / 37.97417; 42.37833
Purpose| Power
Status| Operational
Construction began| December 2011
Opening date| May 2020[1]
Construction cost| US$678 million
Dam and spillways
Type of dam| Embankment, roller-compacted concrete
Impounds| Botan River
Height (foundation)| 165 m
Height (thalweg)| 143 m
Length| 492 m
Elevation at crest| 825 m
Width (crest)| 10 m
Dam volume| 4 726 527 m3
Reservoir
Total capacity| 615 million m3
Surface area| 10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Maximum length| 37 km
Power Station
Commission date| May 2020
Hydraulic head| 140 m (459 ft)
Turbines| 3 x 135 MW \+ 1 x 15 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity| 420 MW
Annual generation| 1175 GW·h

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]

## 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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* Turkey portal
* Water portal
* Renewable energy portal

* Alkumru Dam – downstream, completed in 2011

## 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.

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* Istanbul Waste Power Plant

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* Afşin-Elbistan C – 1800 MW proposed
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* Çolakoğlu – 190 MW
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* Silahtarağa – now museums

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Gas-fired|

* Gebze \- 1540 MW
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