Investment Cost Analysis in Small Hydropower Plants in Terms of Efficiency and A Case Study in the Euphrates and Tigris Basins

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Because energy costs are directly related to energy capacity. While the energy capacity increases, the investment cost of the hydropower plant increases also. However, if the energy capacity is high, the energy production will be high and the investment cost will be amortized in a short time. In this study, small rivers in the Euphrates and Tigris Basins with previously determined hydropower capacities were selected, and the investment costs of small hydroelectric power plants to be designed on these rivers were analyzed. For this analysis, 10 streams were selected from the Euphrates and Tigris Basins, and only Baskoy and Celebiyan streams have flow observation stations. The flow values of the remaining 8 streams were found by regression analysis using the basin and flow values of Baskoy and Celebiyan streams. Therefore, cost-benefit analyzes were carried out seperetely for these flows in this study. Keywords: Small Hydropower, Hydrological Model, Cost Analysis, Efficiency, Euphrates and Tigris Basins Small Hydropower Hydrological Model Cost Analysis Efficiency Euphrates and Tigris Basins Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 07 Aug, 2024 Reviews received at journal 06 Aug, 2024 Reviews received at journal 31 Jul, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 31 Jul, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 28 Jul, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 26 Jul, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 23 Jul, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 22 Jul, 2024 First submitted to journal 08 Jul, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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