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DSI names ANDRITZ to equip 160 MW Silvan hydropower plant in Türkiye

DSI names ANDRITZ to equip 160 MW Silvan hydropower plant in Türkiye

Devlet Su İşleri (DSI), the Turkish water authority, has selected ANDRITZ to supply the electromechanical equipment for the new 160 MW Silvan hydropower plant in Türkiye (Turkey).

ANDRITZ will supply four 40 MW turbines, four generators, associated hydropower plant equipment, and a 154 kV switchyard system.

Located on the Kulp Stream near Diyarbakir in the Southeast Anatolia Region, the Silvan hydropower plant is expected to generate 681 GWh of electricity annually, making a substantial contribution to Türkiye’s energy supply while significantly reducing the country’s carbon emissions.

“We are proud to be part of this important hydropower project and to contribute to the expansion of renewable power in Türkiye,” said Frank Mette, managing director of ANDRITZ Hydropower Türkiye. “This project is in line with our mission to contribute to the global transition to sustainable energy generation.”

ANDRITZ offers plants, equipment, systems and services for the pulp and paper industry, the hydropower sector, the metals processing and forming industry, pumps, solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors, as well as animal feed and biomass pelleting. ANDRITZ Hydro supplies electromechanical equipment and services for hydropower plants, with an installed fleet of more than 470 GW.

In August 2022, Hydro Review reported that the president of Turkey gave an update on the Silvan project, which consists of eight dams and 23 irrigation facilities. “Silvan Dam, which is the main structure of the project and will be the second largest work of our country after Atatürk Dam, will soon catch water and it starts to produce energy. At the end of this year, light will be seen in the first tube of the Babakaya Tunnel,” he said.