Kargı Dam | |
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Location | Turkey |
Construction began | 2000 |
Opening date | 2009 |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Sakarya River |
Height | 84 m (276 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 45,000,000 m3 (36,482 acre⋅ft) |
Power Station | |
Installed capacity | 194 MW |
Annual generation | 245 GWh |
The Kargı Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Sakarya River in Eskişehir Province, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. [1] The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 194 MW power station. In 2022, the power generation of the dam was 133,838,171 kWh. [2]