The Bawanur Dam is an
earth-fill dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ...
currently being constructed on the
Diyala River
The Diyala River (Arabic: ; ku, Sîrwan; Farsi: , ) is a river and tributary of the Tigris. It is formed by the confluence of Sirwan river and Tanjaro river in Darbandikhan Dam in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate of Northern Iraq. It covers a total ...
just upstream of the town of Bawanur in
Sulaymaniyah Governorate
Sulaymaniyah Governorate ( ku, پارێزگای سلێمانی, Parêzgeha Silêmaniyê, ar, محافظة السليمانية) or Sulaymaniyah Province is a mountainous Governorates of Iraq, governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Its large ...
, Iraq. The tall dam will support a 32 MW
run-of-the-river
Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amou ...
hydroelectric
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...
power station. It will also serve to control floods and provide water for irrigation. In August 2013, the
Kurdistan Regional Government
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) ( ku, حکوومەتی هەرێمی کوردستان, ''Hikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan'') is the official executive body of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.
The cabinet is selected by the m ...
signed a US$200 million contract with the Romanian firm,
Hidroconstrucția, to build the dam and power station. The project is expected to be complete in 2018.
See also
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List of dams and reservoirs in Iraq
The following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Iraq. They are sorted according to their location in either the Euphrates or the Tigris river basin.
Dams in the Euphrates basin
*Duban Regulator, on the Euphrates, regulating the flow of the Eu ...
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List of power stations in Iraq
Below is a list of power stations in Iraq.
Non-renewable
Thermal
Natural gas
Yusufiyah
Location: Salahuddin
8 X 210 MW
construction halted?
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Nassiriyah GAS power plant
AL nassiriyah
500 MW
open cycle
Renewable
Hydr ...
References
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Dams in Iraq
Dams on the Diyala (Sirwan) River
Earth-filled dams
Dams under construction
Run-of-the-river power stations
Hydroelectric power stations in Iraq
Sulaymaniyah Governorate