KAPULUKAYA HEPP
Kapulukaya Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant was built on the Kızılırmak river, at a distance of 15 km from Kırıkkale province. It has a total installed power of 54 MW with its 3 generators, each of which is 18 MW, and its annual generation capacity is estimated as 190 million kWh.
A tender was made for the Project located in the Kızılırmak Basin on 14.09.1979. The construction of the dam was started on 05.11.1979 and on 07.08.1981 a contract was signed with a Romanian company for the purchase of mechanical and electrical equipment and it was put into service in 1989 with 3 units. The body volume of the dam, which was built in clay core rockfill type, is 1.488 hm³, crest height is 61 m, and crest length is 301 m. The lake volume at the maximum water level is 286 hm³, and the lake area is 20.7 km². It also undertakes the tasks of supplying industrial water to the Tüpraş Refinery, drinking water in Kırıkkale province and irrigation of agricultural lands in Hasandede town.
Highlights
YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION
1989
WATER CAPACITY
286 hm³
INSTALLED POWER
54 MW
ANNUAL PRODUCTION
190 GWh
LOCATION
Kırıkkale
TURBINE TYPE
Vertical Axis Franchis
NUMBER OF UNITS
3
BASIN
Kızılırmak
KAPULUKAYA HEPP
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Contact Info
KAMAN / KIRŞEHİR
0318 266 90 30
0318 266 90 43