Abstract
n our country, the basic sources of energy used in the production of coal, oil, natural gas and
hydroelectricity is composed and in recent years, especially in the construction of state-of-river hydro-electric
power plants are encouraged by government. Construction process as well as some difficulties have been
problems in the implementation process. Most of the construction of power plants located in the Black Sea
region is shown by the public reactions.
In this study, in the province of Duzce which is under construction and planned river type
hydroelectric power plants are evaluated together with the Environmental Impact Assessment studies. HPP’s
impact on the environment were examined on a sample of Duzce. HPP applications work with significant
impacts on the terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna, stream beds, river water levels are determined.