The world’s fifth-tallest arch dam, on the Coruh River in a mountainous region of northeastern Turkey, began operating in late November, passing a major milestone for the project.
The Yusufeli hydroelectric dam—the country's tallest dam at 275 meters—can store up to 2.1 billion cu meters of water and will have an installed capacity of 558 MW when fully operational. Limak Construction, part of Turkish conglomerate Turkish Holding, is the EPC contractor on the project for the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.