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The Artvin Dam an arch-gravity dam on the Çoruh River in Artvin Province, Turkey. Preliminary construction on the dam began in December 2010 and the river diversion tunnels were complete in July 2012 at which time construction on the dam foundation started. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and its power station has an installed capacity of 340 MW when completed. The dam is part of the Çoruh Development Plan and its construction was supervised by Turkey's State Hydraulic Works.[2][3] The dam began to impound its reservoir in October 2015 and the power station was commissioned beginning in January 2016.[4][5]

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References

  1. ^ Sucu, Sezai. "Çoruh Basin Projects" (PDF) (in Turkish). State Hydraulic Works. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Artvin Dam Diversion Tunnel Opening Done" (in Turkish). Habeler. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Artvin Dam" (in Turkish). ArtvinDernegi. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. ^ "ARTVİN BARAJI SU TUTMAYA BAŞLADI" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Artvin Dam and HEPP will enter service tomorrow" (in Turkish). Enson Haber. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.


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