The new dam with the Karakurt hydroelectric power plant is located in the Aras river basin, Alpaslan 2 on the Murat river. The water area of the Karakurt Dam will cover an area of 14 square kilometers, and the much larger Alpaslan 2 will cover 55 square kilometers. Hikelová said that the new Turkish power plants passed the necessary tests and managed to connect them to the grid and start commercial operation.
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According to her, the first of the turbines is currently in operation in both dams, the others will be launched at the turn of the year. A total of three Francis turbines with a total installed capacity of 99.5 megawatts (MW) will be installed in Karakurt, and four Francis turbines with a total installed capacity of 280 MW will be installed in Alpaslan 2. For comparison, the largest domestic dam Lipno has an area of about 49 square kilometers with an installed capacity of about 120 MW.
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The remaining two turbines in Karakurt will be launched in November and December, according to the spokesman. The spillway of the dam with an asphalt core reaches a height of 137 meters. For its construction, Energo-Pro consumed 6.4 million cubic meters of excavated rock, which corresponds to about 360,000 loaded trucks.
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The remaining three turbines in Alpaslan 2 will then be launched in December and February, according to Hikelová. The spokeswoman reminded that the construction of the dam of the local dam began Energo-Pro in September 2018 and completed it in two years. The volume of the dam body is 9.05 million cubic meters. The construction took place 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and up to 1,900 workers took part in the construction, she added.
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Dam with the Karakurt hydroelectric power plant, which is located in the Aras river basin
Photo: Energo-Pro, CTK
At both dams, Energo-Pro built a spillway with an asphalt core. According to the company, both dams are completely unique due to their parameters. She mentioned the highest functional spillway dam in Europe at the Dalešice dam is exactly 100 meters high.
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The company further stated that the connection of power plants to the grid this year was a condition for obtaining a preferential guaranteed purchase price of electricity from January 2021.
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Energo-Pro was founded in 1994 in Svitavy. Even with the new Turkish power plants, the group owns and operates 38 hydropower plants in four countries – Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.
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In addition to hydropower, it distributes and sells electricity and operates distribution networks in Bulgaria and Georgia with more than two million customers.
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