Kadıncık 1 hydroelectric plant ( or shortly ''Kadıncık 1 HES''), is a privately owned
hydroelectric power station
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and also mo ...
located in
Mersin Province
Mersin Province (), formerly İçel Province (), is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast between Antalya Province, A ...
, Turkey.
Geography
The plant is in the southern slopes of the
Toros Mountains
The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar,'' Greek'':'' Ταύρος) are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a ...
and on Kadıncık River, a tributary of
Berdan River
The Berdan (also Baradān or Baradā), the ancient Cydnus (), is a river in Mersin Province, south Turkey. The historical city of Tarsus is on the river and it is therefore sometimes called the Tarsus River. Originally the watercourse passed dir ...
. The nearest village is
Meşelik. Administratively, Kadıncık 1 is in
Çamlıyayla
Çamlıyayla is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 602 km2, and its population is 8,164 (2022).
Çamlıyayla is a small district high in the Taurus Mountains. In summer the lakes, streams and pine forests of ...
ilçe
The Provinces of Turkey, 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the Ottoman Empire and in the early Turkish Republic, the corresponding unit was the ''qadaa, kaza''.
Most provinces bear the s ...
(district) of Mersin Province at . Its distance to Tarsus is and to Mersin is . The average altitude of the reservoir is about .
History
The plant was put into service in 1971. In 2016, within the privatization program Kadıncık 1 plant together with
Kadıncık 2 plant was purchased by İbrahim Çeçen Holding for 864.1 million (where $1 = 2.887 TL) in 2016.
Technical characteristics
The installed power is 2 x 35 MW. The annual energy capacity is 315 GWh. If this energy is used solely in homes; it is equivalent to the average consumption of 74,977 households. Kadıncık is the third highest energy producer in Mersin Province.
Energy atlas
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See also
* Kadıncık 2 hydroelectric power plant
References
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Tarsus District
Dams in Mersin Province
Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey
Dams completed in 1971
Energy infrastructure completed in 1971
1971 establishments in Turkey