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Göksu Hydroelectric Power Plant with the inten- the Service Procurement way. Within the power plant,
tion of using of 80 meters drop as a river type is tak- there are 30 dwelling houses for the accommodation
en into operation in 1959 and isolated on the Göksu of its staff. The management of the power plant is now
River within the provincial borders of Konya. Göksu realised by the private sector with 16 employees.
Power Plant have 10,8 MW installed power and pro-
duces annually 65 million kWg energy on the average For the purpose of privatization of total of 17 Hydro-
in a consistent way with its very high rate of capacity electric Power Plants by way of Transferring the Right
utilisation. of Operation, 10 Groups including Göksu HEPP were put
out to tender by the Privatization Administration in July
Since Göksu HEPP project is a renewable energy re- 5, 2012 and as a result of the final bargain negotiations
sourced project, contributes the reduction of 39.000 carried out in October 19, operation of Göksu HEPP was
tons CO oscillation annually. undertaken for 49 years by Nurol Energy in exchange
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for 57,5 million USD.
Power Plant, which has a consistent production un-
til this time since it is put into use, has a steady flow Following the approval of Competition Authority
regime by long years. and Privatization High Council, transfer of the power
plant was completed successfully in March 2013. With-
Göksu HEPP has been run by the staff of Electric- in the scope of Göksu HEPP, an investment is planned
ity Generation Company (EÜAŞ) since its foundation to be made for the rehabilitation and the moderniza-
and then continued to be run by the private sector with tion of some of the equipments and constructions.

Projects Features
Related to

Göksu Hydroelectric
Power Plant

Installed Power
10,8 MW

Annual Production
65 GWh

Net Drop
79 m

Design Flow Rate
16 m /s
3

Type of the Power Plant
Type of the River

Annual Term of
Employment
6.000 Hours
(Average of Turkey’s Hydroelectric
Power Plant 3.500 Hours)