Siirt – The Salini Impregilo Group with an 85% share in joint venture with the local company NTF, has been awarded a contract for the construction of the civil works related to the Cetin main hydroelectric plant on the Botan river, a tributary of the Tigris River in the province of Siirt, in the southeastern part of Turkey. The value of the contract is €260 million and entails the construction of a rock-fill dam with an asphalt core, 145 metres in height, with a volume of 11.5 million m3, intake works, spillway and open-air power plant for an installed power of 400 MW and 1100GWh/year. Cetin is a sustainable project, capable of supplying Turkey and Europe with clean energy, and creating jobs and local development.
