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]