HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
Turkey's topographic structure and hydraulic potential raise the importance of hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) for electricity generation of our country. The development of hydroelectric power plants established for this purpose started in 1902. Since then, hydroelectric power plants have been established by the public sector, private companies and municipalities in various regions of our country. The efficient use of our hydraulic resources is extremely important in terms of meeting the increasing energy needs of our country. Hydroelectric power plants are classified according to their installed power as follows:
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Hydroelectric power is a type of energy provided by converting the potential energy of water into kinetic energy. The energy released as a result of the water falling from upper levels to lower levels causes the turbines to rotate and generate electricity. Turbines are machines that convert the hydraulic energy of water into mechanical energy. Each turbine simply consists of a shaft and vanes on the shaft. Water hits the vanes of the turbine and moves to the turbine shaft, then the movement is converted into mechanical energy at the outlet of the shaft and electricity is generated from the mechanical energy by generators. Turbines used in hydroelectric power plants are called hydraulic turbines or water turbines. Water turbines can be classified in many ways according to their usage areas, the power they produce and the way they generate power. Action-type turbines (Pelton, Turgo, Banki) - Reaction-type turbines (Francis, Kaplan, Propeller, Pipe)
It is possible within the framework of legal regulations in our country for natural persons and legal entities to generate energy using renewable energy resources, to use this energy in line with their own needs and to sell the surplus to relevant distribution companies. The upper limit of installed power of a facility that can be set up this way without a license has been determined as 1 MW, and has been subjected to the "Regulation on Unlicensed Electricity Generation in the Electricity Market". You can find the most up-to-date legal regulations on the subject at the following web address:
http://www.epdk.gov.tr/index.php/elektrik-piyasasi/mevzuat?id=143
It is possible for our municipalities to establish hydroelectric power plants on drinking water transmission pipelines, as a result of technical assessments. In these systems used in our country as in many regions of the world, energy can be generated without any deterioration in the quality of drinking water.
Benefits of hydroelectric power plants: