Hasan Uğurlu Dam

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The Hasan Uğurlu Dam is 23 km south of Çarşamba town 25 km east of province of Samsun in northern Turkey and located on the Yeşilırmak River which runs into the Black Sea Completed in 1979, it generates 4x125=500MW of power.Its first name was Ayvacık Dam

Hasan Uğurlu was an engineer who died together his wife at the end of an accident while has been working at project of this dam and than in memory of his name is given to this project , his wife’s name Suat Uğurlu is given to an another project that has been erected 24 km downstream of Hasanuğurlu Dam at the same times.

Hasan Uğurlu Dam & Hydro Power Plant
Technical Data
Location province of Samsun, on the Yeşilırmak River Complation Year 1981 Purpose energy production. Embankment type Rockfill Height (from river bed) 135.00 m Storage volume 1 074 billion m3 Dam volume 9223 000 m3 Reservoir area at normal water surface elevation 23 km2 Crest length 754 m Heavyweight wall volume 1,600,000 m³ Spillway 10,800 m³/s Bottomoutlet 500 m³/s Power 500 MW Annual production 1 217 000 mwh/year Coordinates 40°56′N 36°39′E