HYDRO POWER PLANT BORCKA Facts Project Description The Borcka Dam and the hydro-electric power plant is located on the Coruh River, in the Lower Coruh Basin. The works included underground works (galleries and tunnels), cut off wall, drilling as well as grouting. The dam consists of an earth embankment dam with an impervious clay core on the right bank of the river and concrete structures on the left bank area, integrating the spillway and intake structure to the powerhouse. The plant has two power blocks and a transfer block. There are two vertical shaft Francis type turbines installed with the capacity of 150 MW each, having a total capacity of 300 MW. PROJECT DATA: Earth dam with impervious core Dam height 86 m Dam crest length 728 m Tunnels & galleries 6

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