Azad Dam
Azad Dam (Persian: سد آزاد) is an embankment dam on the Gura River, 40 km (25 mi) west of Sanandaj in Kordestan province, Iran.[4] It has an installed electricity generating capacity of 10 MW (13,000 hp) and future pumped storage power plant with a regenerating capacity of 500 MW (670,000 hp).The pumped storage power plant is to be connected to the dam via a 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) tunnel of which 110 metres (360 ft) was built by June 2010.A 175 kilometres (109 mi) canal connecting the dam with towns of Qarveh and Dehlegan will annually supply over 0.25 cubic kilometres (200,000 acre⋅ft) of water for agricultural purposes to these towns.It is estimated that Azad dam will yearly produce approximately 95 GWh of electricity.