Gökçekaya Dam is 43 km (27 mi) north of Alpu town 45 km (28 mi) east of province of Eskişehir in central Turkey and located 60 km (37 mi) downstream of Sarıyar Dam on the Sakarya River which runs into the Black Sea. The Yenice Dam is located downstream.There is a hydroelectric power plant established in 1972 at the dam with a power output of 278 MW (three Francis turbines at 92.8 MW each) generating an average 562 GW·h of hydroelectricity annually.
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