Chichonki Malian Hydropower Plant | |
Name Official: | Chichonki Malian Hydropower Plant |
Location Map: | Pakistan |
Coordinates: | 30.7942°N 74.115°W |
Dam Crosses: | Upper Chenab Canal |
Location: | Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan |
Dam Type: | run-of-the-river |
Opening: | May 1959 |
Status: | Operational |
Owner: | Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) |
Plant Name: | Chichonki Malian Hydroelectric Plant |
Plant Coordinates: | 31.7942°N 74.1153°W |
Plant Operator: | WAPDA |
Plant Commission: | 1959 |
Plant Turbines: | 3 x 4.4 MW |
Plant Capacity: | 13.2 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 22.88 million units (GWh) |
Chichonki Malian Hydropower Plant (CMHPP) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric generation station of generation capacity (three units of each), located at Sheikhupura, about north-west of Lahore, Punjab province of Pakistan, on the flows of Upper Chenab Canal. It is a small hydro power generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation in May 1959 with the average annual generating capacity of 22.88 million GWh of inexpensive electricity.[1]