Yusufeli Dam and HEPP

The Future of Dams Under Limak

Located on the Çoruh River, the Yusufeli Dam and its Hydroelectric Power Plant Project has started to hold water. With a total water storage volume of approximately 2.2 billion cubic meters, the dam is Turkey’s highest and the world’s fifthd highest dam in double curvature concrete arch dam type with a height of 275 meters.

Yusufeli Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant Project; is located on the Çoruh River, 70 kilometers southwest of Artvin, in the Eastern Black Sea Region. With a height of 275 meters, it is Turkey’s highest and the world’s fifth highest dam in double curvature concrete arch dam type.

The total water storage volume of the dam is approximately 2.2 billion cubic meters. The plant with a planned installed power of 558 MW will produce 1,888 billion kWh of energy annually.

The project includes a total of 5 million 800 thousand cubic meters of concrete, 4 million cubic meters of body concrete, 1 million 800 thousand cubic meters of building (conventional) concrete.

Within the scope of the project, a total of 70 thousand tons of iron and steel products were used, including 61 thousand tons of iron and 9 thousand tons of steel.


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