Country Turkey Status Operational Owner(s) Özaltın Energy Construction began 2009 Turbine 3 | Purpose Power, regulation Opening date 2012 Height 44 m Impound Peri River | |
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Location Kiğı district, Bingöl Province People also search for Hınıs Başköy Dam, Kalecik Dam (Elazığ) | ||
The Yedisu Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Peri River (a tributary of the Euphrates), in Kiğı district of Bingöl Province, Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and is the second dam in the Peri River cascade. Construction on the dam began in 2009 and its power station was commissioned in 2011. The entire project was inaugurated in 2012. It is owned and operated by Özaltın Energy.
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