Public comment opens for Reis Enerji’s 55.2 MWe Ağrı hydropower proposal

What happened

Reis Enerji’s environmental impact assessment for the proposed Yağmur Dam and Hydropower Plant has been released for public input in Ağrı province. The planned development is on the Murat River, within the boundaries of Tutak district.

According to Enerji Günlüğü, the project is designed for 57.50 MWm of installed capacity and 55.20 MWe of electrical capacity. The environmental assessment document was reviewed by the relevant review and evaluation commission before being finalised.

The document has been made available for a 10-calendar-day consultation period at the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change and the Ağrı provincial directorate responsible for environment, urbanisation and climate change.

Why it matters

The consultation gives individuals and organisations an opportunity to place environmental views and proposals on the record before a decision is made on the scheme. Submissions received by the authorities are to be taken into account during the project decision process.

For organisations monitoring Türkiye’s renewable electricity pipeline, the proposal represents a potential 55.20 MWe addition to hydropower capacity. The reported value of the development is TRY 880 million.

The source also reports that electricity generated by the facility is expected to be assessed under the Renewable Energy Support Mechanism, known as YEKDEM. It cites an anticipated sale price of 7.3 US cents per kWh. Neither a construction timetable nor a date for the subsequent project decision was specified.

What readers should do next

Stakeholders seeking to comment should review the environmental assessment through the ministry or Ağrı provincial directorate and submit their views by 10 October 2026. Comments may be sent to the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change or the Ağrı provincial directorate.

Companies, civil-society groups and local stakeholders may wish to assess the proposed dam and plant against their own environmental, water-management and energy-transition priorities before making a submission. The available information confirms the consultation route and deadline, but does not set out the authority’s eventual determination or a start date for works.