Country Turkey Status Planned | Purpose Power Impound Murat River | |
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Official name Aşağı Kaleköy Baraji ve HEPP Location Kale, Genç, Bingöl Province Owner(s) Kalehan Energy Generation | ||
The Lower Kaleköy Dam, also known as the Aşağı Kaleköy Dam, is a gravity dam planned on the Murat River in Genç district of Bingöl Province, eastern Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and it will support a 500 MW hydroelectric power station. The 115 m (377 ft) tall dam will withhold a reservoir of 516,500,000 m3 (418,700 acre·ft). It is owned by Kalehan Energy Generation.
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