π π Estimatedπannualπproduction:π 95πGWh π π Installedπcapacity:π π 20.4πMW π π Grossπhead:π 144πm π π Maximumπdischarge:π π 16.5πm 3 /s π π Theπinstallationπconsistsπof:π π •π TwoπhorizontalπFrancisπturbinesππ π ofπ10,356πkWπ π •π 2πsynchronousπgeneratorsππ π 11870πkVAπ π •π 33πkVπswitchgear π •π Step-upπtransformerπandππ π π auxiliariesπ π •π 34πkVπtransmissionπline,π π 11,5πkm,π47powerπlineπpolesπ π •π Connectionπtoπsubstationπandππ π feeder ÇAKIT POWER PLANT The Çakıt hydropower plant is a run-of-river plant utilising the Çakıt River close to Karaisalı in Adana province in Turkey. It has an installed capacity of 20 MW and will have an average annual production of 95 GWh. This amounts to the electricity consumption of about 32 000 Turkish households. Toπcollectπwaterπandπtoπgiveπsufficientπ headπforπpowerπproduction,πtheπwater- waysπstartπbyπaπsmallπconcreteπregulatorπ damπwithπnecessaryπgatesπforπminimumπ waterπreleaseπtoπtheπriverπandπoverflowπ weir.πTheπregulatorπdamπhasπalsoπneces- saryπtrashπracksπasπwellπasπarrangementπ forπde-siltingπofπtheπwater. Fromπtheπregulatorπdamπtheπwaterπforππ productionπisπdivertedπfromπitsπoriginalπ routeπthroughπtheπÇakıtπcanyonπinπ Kapıkayaπvillageπintoπaπnewπwaterway.πTheπ systemπconsistsπofπtwoπconcreteπchannelsπ andπtwoπtunnelsπbeforeπenteringπintoπaππ concreteπheadπpond.πTheπtotalπlengthππ ofπchannelsπandπtunnelsπisπ5433πm. Whenπfilledπup,πtheπheadπpondπisπonππ elevationπ298πandπtheπwaterπisπthenπ pressurizedπviaπaπsteelπpenstockπdownππ toπtheπpowerπplant.π Withπtheπturbineπfloorπonπelevationπ154π thisπcreatesπtheπgrossπheadπofπ144πmπtoπ theπturbines.π TWO YEARS CONSTRUCTION TheπconstructionπworksπstartedπAprilπ 2008.πÇakıtπwasπoneπofπseveralπprojectsπ inπtheπcompanyπYeşilπEnerji,πwhichπ StatkraftπacquiredπinπJuneπ2009.πSinceπ then,πStatkraftπcompletedπtheπconstruc- tionπworksπandπtheπpowerπplantπwasπ commissionedπinπMayπ2010,πstartedπ commercialπproductionπinπJuneπ2010πandπ wasπofficiallyπopenedπ12πOctoberπ2010. SUSTAINABILTY TheπCakitπhydropowerπplantπisπcertifiedπ underπtheπSOCIALCARBONπStandardπandπ VoluntaryπCarbonπStandardπ(VCS).πAdher- enceπtoπtheπSOCIALCARBONπStandardππ ensuresπthatπtheπprojectπcreatesπdemon- strableπsocial,πenvironmentalπandπeco- nomicπbenefitsπforπprojectπstakeholders. KEY FACTS LOCATION Ankara Istanbul TURKEY Cakit HPP
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The Çakıt hydropower plant is a run-of-river plant utilising the Çakıt River close to Karaisalı in Adana province in Turkey. It has an installed capacity of 20 MW and will have an average annual production of 95 GWh. This amounts to the electricity consumption of about 32 000 Turkish households.
TWO YEARS CONSTRUCTION TheπconstructionπworksπstartedπAprilπ2008.πÇakıtπwasπoneπofπseveralπprojectsπinπtheπcompanyπYeşilπEnerji,πwhichπStatkraftπacquiredπinπJuneπ2009.πSinceπthen,πStatkraftπcompletedπtheπconstruc-tionπworksπandπtheπpowerπplantπwasπcommissionedπinπMayπ2010,πstartedπcommercialπproductionπinπJuneπ2010πandπwasπofficiallyπopenedπ12πOctoberπ2010.
HYDROPOWERHydropower is an environment-friendly and renewable energy source. Worldwide, hydropower contributes around one sixth of the total electricity supply.
THE PRINCIPLE OF HYDROPOWERTheπprincipleπbehindπtheπproductionπofππhydropowerπisπsimple;πitπusesπtheπenergyπofπflowingπwater.πManyπhydropowerπplantsπbenefitπfromπseveralπstorageπschemes,πandπinπsomeπriverπsystemsπaπnumberπofπpowerπstationsπareπpositionedπinπcascadeπoneπafterπtheπother,πsoπthatπtheπwater’sπenergyπcanπbeπexploitedπseveralπtimesπbeforeπitππfinallyπflowsπoutπintoπtheπsea.πInsideπtheπpowerπstation,πtheπwaterπdrivesπaπturbine,πwhoseπmechanicalπenergyπisπturnedπintoπelectricalπenergyπinπtheπgenerator.πHydropowerπisπaπhighlyπflexibleπenergyπsource,πsinceπtheπwaterπcanπbeπstoredπinπtheπreservoirsπuntilπneeded.πHydropowerπschemesπwithoutπreservoirsπareπoftenπcalledπrun-of-river.π
HYDROPOWER IN STATKRAFTTheπmajorityπofπtheπStatkraftπGroup’sπenergyπproductionπisπgeneratedπthroughπhydropower.πProductionπtakesπplaceπinπmoreπthanπ230πhydropowerπplantsπinπEurope,πSouthπAmericaπandπAsia.πTheπhydropowerπplantsπhaveπaπtotalπannualπgenerationπcapacityπjustπaboveπ50πTWh.π