Birkapılı HES

Coordinates: 36°43′13″N 33°26′36″E / 36.72028°N 33.44333°E / 36.72028; 33.44333
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Birkapılı HES
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Birkapılı HES is a privatelly-owned hydroelectric plant in Turkey.

It is at 36°43′13″N 33°26′36″E / 36.72028°N 33.44333°E / 36.72028; 33.44333 in

ilçe (district) of Mersin Province. It is to the east of Turkish state highway D.715 which connects Mersin to Karaman
.

The dam is on Söğütözü (also called Pirinç Suyu) creek, a tributary of

Göksu River. It was taken into operation on 11 March 2004.[2]
Its operator is Melike Tekstil.

Technical details

The nominal power of the turbines will be 48.5 MWe. With this power the annual energy production is calculated to be 94 GW-hr. [3]

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