Minister Kirişci: Yusufeli Dam and HEPP meet 2 percent of Turkey's hydroelectric capacity
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişci made inspections at Yusufeli Dam and HEPP, the construction of which has been completed and will start to be impounded with a ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tomorrow.
Stressing that they will witness history tomorrow in Yusufeli, Kirişci said that they will attend the water retention ceremony of Turkey's highest dam and the world's 5th largest dam in its category.
Wishing that the dam will be beneficial to the nation and the country, Kirişci said, "Let the electricity produced from the water to be kept here turn into production and abundance in our country. It will increase the production of our country, we need electricity for our industry, for our own needs in houses, just as our people need food after agricultural production. We also need electricity for electricity production. dams are meaningful to us, they are important." he said.
Noting that the dams are expressed with their installed power, Minister Kirişci continued his words as follows:
"Yusufeli Dam has an installed power of 558 megawatts and an electricity generation capacity of 1.9 billion kilowatt-hours. This place meets 2% of Turkey's hydroelectric capacity. A single dam meets 2% of our power. It means meeting the electricity needs of Antalya, which has a population of 2.5 million and is Turkey's 5th largest city, so that the electricity produced can be understood more easily. "It means producing electricity, which is the need of 750 thousand of our country. Let our citizens visualize it as a hundred-story building. Such a magnificent work will be put into service tomorrow."
Expressing that the Yusufeli Dam will almost be a safety valve for the dams on the Çoruh River, Kirişci said, "The successor Deriner Borçka Muratlı Artvin said that the current production of these four dams can produce 695 million kilowatt-hours more, that is, they can increase their electricity production capabilities by this amount, thanks to Yusufeli. Let's point that out." said.
"A dam that will also reduce the effects of flooding"
Noting that the sediment brought by the water will be kept in Yusufeli Dam, Kirişci said, "If the water is not kept in place, it causes floods. Floods can damage agricultural lands as well as damage settlements and sometimes cause the loss of our people's lives. It's a dam that will also reduce related effects." used the phrases.
Emphasizing that Yusufeli Dam is a dam where Turkish engineers, Turkish technicians, Turkish technicians and workers shed sweat and mind from beginning to end, Kirişci said, "This is a magnificent work, too. It is a work that we can all be proud of. Our country is better than its name in the world with such mega projects. "We believe that it will be talked about a lot. The contractor company will have proven itself with this work and will have progressed further. The owner of this project is our State Hydraulic Works. We are an institution that is the apple of our eye, and here we must hand over the rights of the State Hydraulic Works as a nation." said.
Minister Kirişci stated that a total of 34 billion TL was spent and said:
"Of course, this money is not only for the construction of the dam. For example, 110 kilometers of roads were built. 69.2 of these 110 kilometers of road were built as state provincial roads, and 40 kilometers were built as village roads. It would be very beneficial for us to throw the money into it.The tunnel length of Turkey, which consisted of only 50 kilometers until 2002, is 62 kilometers in this dam alone. I think it would be appropriate to express it.”
Tarım ve Orman Bakanı Kirişci, Yusufeli Barajı ve HES'e ilişkin, "Burası Türkiye'nin sahip olduğu hidroelektrik kapasitesinin yüzde 2'sini karşılıyor. Tek başına bir barajın bizim gücümüzün yüzde 2'sini karşılıyor olması çok anlamlı ve önemli." dedi. - Anadolu Ajansı
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