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Gökçekaya Dam is 43 km south of Alpu town 45 km east of province of Eskişehir in central Turkey and located 60 km downstream of Sarıyar Dam on the Sakarya River which runs into the Black Sea There is a hydroelectric power plant, established in 1973, at the dam, with a power output of 300MW (three facilities at 100MW each).
| Gökçekaya Dam & Hydro Power Plant |
| Technical Data |
| Location |
province of Eskişehir, on the Sakarya River |
| Complation Year |
1972 |
| Purpose |
energy production. |
| Embankment type |
Concrete arch |
| Height (from river bed) |
115.00 m |
| Storage volume |
910 billion m3 |
| Dam volume |
650 000 m3 |
| Reservoir area at normal water surface elevation |
21 km2 |
| Crest length |
634 m |
| Heavyweight wall volume |
1,600,000 m³ |
| Spillway |
11,800 m³/s |
| Bottomoutlet |
300 m³/s |
| Power |
278 MW |
| Annual production |
562 000 mwh/year |
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