Country Turkey Status Operational Construction began 2008 | Purpose Power Opening date 2015 Impound Peri River | |
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Location Tatarköy, Kovancılar district, Elazığ Province Owner(s) Limak Energy/Bilgin Energy People also search for Pembelik Dam, Seyrantepe Dam | ||
The Tatar Dam is a earth-fill dam on the Peri River (a tributary of the Euphrates), near the village of Tatarköy in Kovancılar district of Elazığ Province, Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and is the sixth and last dam in the Peri River cascade, before Lake Keban. Construction on the dam began in 2008 and it began impounding its reservoir in early 2013. The power station was commissioned in late 2015. Its two generators were commissioned in February/March 2015. The 82 m (269 ft) tall dam withholds a reservoir of 299,570,000 m3 (242,870 acre·ft). It is owned and operated by Limak Energy and Bilgin Energy.
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