Turkiye Inaugurates Yusufeli Dam To Secure Reliable Power Supply For 2.5 Million People
Date
11/24/2022 7:11:44 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) By News Center
Turkiye's Agriculture and Forestry Minister Vahit Kirisci
inspected the Yusufeli Dam and HEPP, the construction of which has
been completed, and the process of water intaking commenced after
it was commissioned by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on November
22.
'It means meeting the electricity needs of Antalya with a
population of 2.5 million with the status of Turkiye's fifth
largest city so that the electricity produced can be imagined more
easily,' Kirisci said.
Speaking ahead of the inauguration, the minister said they will
witness history in Yusufeli, adding that the dam is the world's 5th
largest in its category. Emphasizing that the dam will benefit the
nation and the country, Kirisci said,“May the electricity
generated here make our country abundant. Let our country increase
its output, we need electricity for our industry, for our own needs
in houses, just as our people need food after agricultural
production. These dams are meaningful and important for us for
electricity generation,' he said.
Kirisci added that a total of TRY34 billion was spent here.
“Yusufeli Dam has an installed power of 558 megawatts and an
electricity generation capacity of 1.9 billion kW hours. This
facility meets 2 percent of Turkiye's hydroelectric capacity. It is
very meaningful and important that a single dam meets 2 percent of
our power. It means meeting the electricity needs of Antalya with a
population of 2.5 million with the status of Turkiye's fifth
largest city so that the electricity produced here can be imagined
more easily,' he concluded.
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