Dargai Hydropower Plant Explained

Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Name Official:Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Location Map:Pakistan
Coordinates:34.5188°N 71.9189°W
Dam Crosses:Swat River
Location:Dargai, Malakand District, KPK, Pakistan
Opening:December 1952
Status:Operational
Owner:Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Plant Name:Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Plant Operator:WAPDA
Plant Commission:December 1952
Plant Type:Run-of-the-river
Plant Capacity:20 MW
Plant Annual Gen:162 million units (GWh)

Dargai (Malakand-II) Hydropower Plant (MHPP-II) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric power generation station having about 20 megawatt generation capacity (four units of 5.0 MW each). It is located at the region of Dargai, Malakand within the province of Khyber Pajhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is functions on the flow of the Swat River. It is about 210 km far from Pakistan's capital Islamabad and 45 km from the city of Mardan. It is a small hydel power generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation in December, 1952, generating an average annual yield of 162 million units (GWh) of much needed least expensive electricity.[1] [2]

Salient Technical Features

Installed capacity: 20 MW (4 Units of 5.0 MW each)
Annual Net Electrical Output: 162 GWh
Design Discharge: 34 m3/s (8.5 m3/s per unit)
Rated Net: Head 76.8 m
Generation Voltage: 11 kV
Transmission Voltage: 132 kV

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WAPDA VISION-2025. 29 February 2012. 2014-08-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140721234818/http://wapda.gov.pk/pdf/Development%20Portfolio.pdf. 21 July 2014.
  2. Web site: WAPDA - Ongoing Projects. wapda.gov.pk. 2014-08-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140722185510/http://wapda.gov.pk/htmls/ongoing-index.html. 2014-07-22.