Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant Explained

Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant
Name Official:Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant
Location Map:Pakistan
Coordinates:33.0335°N 70.5322°W
Dam Crosses:Kuchkot Canal from Kurram River
Location:Kurram Garhi, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Dam Type:run-of-the-river
Opening:February 1958
Status:Operational
Owner:Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Plant Name:Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant
Plant Operator:WAPDA
Plant Commission:February 1958
Plant Turbines:4 x 1.00 MW
Plant Capacity:4 MW
Plant Annual Gen:17 million units (GWh)

Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant (KGHPP) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric power generation station of 4.0 megawatt generation capacity (four units of 1.0 MW each), located at Kurram Garhi, a small town in Bannu KPK province of Pakistan on the flows of Kuchkot Canal from Kurram River. It is a small hydel power generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation in February 1958 with the Average Annual generating capacity of 17 million units (GWh) of least expensive electricity.[1]

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  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140721234818/http://wapda.gov.pk/pdf/Development%20Portfolio.pdf . 2014-07-21 .