The Lower Kaleköy Dam and hydroelectric power plant (HES) in Bingöl, with an installed power of 510 MW, turned into a hybrid with the investment of a solar power plant.

Cengiz Holding Energy Group President Ahmet Cengiz stated that the power plant has the title of the first hybrid power plant in Turkey and the second largest in the world with the GES installed on the Aşağı Kaleköy HEPP site, while with the additional 80 mW GES power plant project consisting of 200 thousand solar panels.

‘Asagi Kaleköy HEPP’ Transformed into Hybrid with Solar Power Plant | Devamı>>>

Enel, one of the Italian green energy producers, purchased a hydroelectric investment with a capacity of 527 MW with a value of $ 1.19 billion from the Italian company ERG.

While the Italian renewable energy group buys hydroelectric assets with an investment value of $1.19 billion, Enel also has a portfolio with a capacity of 527 megawatts (MW), which can produce an average of 1.5 terawatt hours (TWh) of energy annually.

After the acquisition, the HEPP capacity of Enel Group will reach an estimated 13 thousand MW, and some natural gas assets will be disposed of, thus focusing entirely on solar and wind energy for the future.

‘Enel’ Adds 527 MW Hydroelectric Power Plant to It’s Portfolio | Devamı>>>

In many regions of Turkey, the occupancy rates of the dams continue to decrease day by day due to insufficient rainfall in the autumn and winter months.

The drought caused by the end of 2020 with insufficient precipitation and the lack of sufficient precipitation in the first 5 months of 2021 compared to previous years also negatively affected the HEPP plants. Ali Karaduman, Vice President of YENADER, made statements by stating that the continuation of the drought will adversely affect the unit cost of hydropower generation and electricity energy.

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