Gürsöğüt Dam

Gürsöğüt Dam
Location Turkey
Construction began 2000
Opening date 2009
Dam and spillways
Impounds Sakarya River
Height 130 m (427 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 103,000,000 m3 (83,503 acre·ft)
Surface area 30 km2 (12 sq mi)
Power station
Installed capacity 242 MW
Annual generation 276 GWh

Gürsöğüt Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Sakarya River in Ankara Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 242 MW power station.

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