The Aksu Dam, sometimes referred to as Aksu-Anakol Dam, is a

hydropower Hydropower (from el, ὕδωρ, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by converting the gravitational potential or kinetic energy of ...

dam in the preliminary stages of construction near the town of Aksu on the

Çoruh River The Chorokh ( ka, ჭოროხი ''Ch'orokhi'', tr, Çoruh, hy, Չորոխ ''Ch’vorokh'', el, Άκαμψις, ''Akampsis'') is a river that rises in the Mescit Mountains in north-eastern Turkey, flows through the cities of Bayburt, İs ...

Erzurum Province Erzurum Province ( tr, Erzurum ili) is a province of Turkey in the Eastern Anatolia Region of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is bordered by the provinces of Kars and Ağrı to the east, Muş and Bingöl to ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It will have an installed capacity of 160 MW. The 114 m high embankment dam is part of the ''Çoruh Development Plan'', a 17-dam-cascade hydropower scheme designed to tap

's hydropower potential. Aksu Dam will be located immediately upstream Arkun Dam (237 MW), and immediately downstream

Güllübağ Dam The Güllübağ Dam is a gravity dam near the town of Güllübağ on the Çoruh River in Erzurum Province, Turkey. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production. Construction on the river diversion tunnel began in 2009 and the da ...

(96 MW), both of which are already operational. It is expected to generate an average 382.5 GWh of electric power annually, which will contribute to 3.78% of Çoruh basin' hydropower generation and 0.54% of Turkey's. Its construction is supervised by Turkey's

State Hydraulic Works The State Hydraulic Works ( tr, Devlet Su İşleri) is a state agency, under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey, responsible for the utilization of all the country's water resources. The institution's four major functions are ener ...

. Construction on access roads and diversion tunnels began in 2010.

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