Deralok Dam

Deralok Dam
Location of Deralok Dam in Iraq
Country Iraq
Location Deralok, Dohuk Governorate
Coordinates 37°4′17.12″N 043°39′28.88″E / 37.0714222°N 43.6580222°E / 37.0714222; 43.6580222Coordinates: 37°4′17.12″N 043°39′28.88″E / 37.0714222°N 43.6580222°E / 37.0714222; 43.6580222
Purpose Power
Status Under construction
Construction began 2015
Opening date 2019 est.
Construction cost US$129 million
Owner(s) Kurdistan Regional Government
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity, diversion weir
Impounds Great Zab
Height 30 m (98 ft)
Length 120 m (390 ft)
Power station
Name Deralok Hydropower Station
Commission date 2019 est.
Type Run-of-the-river
Turbines 2 x 18.8 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity 37.6 MW

The Deralok Dam is a gravity dam currently being constructed on the Great Zab River just upstream of the town of Deralok in Dohuk Governorate, Iraq. For its primary purpose, the dam will support a 37.6 MW run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station. Construction on the dam began in November 2015 when Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani inaugurated the project..[1][2] The US$129 million contract to build the dam and power station was awarded to a Boland Payeh-Farab Consortium. It is being financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The project is expected to be complete in mid-2019.[3]

References

  1. "Loan Agreement No. IQ-P15, Deralok Hydropower Plant Construction Project". DG Markets. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. "PM Barzani Opens Deralok Hydropower Project". Iraq Business News. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. "Deralok Dam". Boland Payeh. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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