Kadıncık 1 hydroelectric plant ( or shortly Kadıncık 1 HES), is a privately owned hydroelectric power station located in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Geography The plant is in the southern slopes of the Toros Mountains and on Kadıncık River, a tributary of Berdan River. The nearest village is Meşelik. Administratively, Kadıncık 1 is in Çamlıyayla ilçe (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
See also
Kadıncık 2 hydroelectric power plant
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