Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant | |
Name Official: | Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant |
Location Map: | Pakistan |
Coordinates: | 30.8827°N 73.598°W |
Dam Crosses: | Lower Bari Doab Canal |
Location: | Renala Khurd, Okara District, Punjab, Pakistan |
Dam Type: | run-of-the-river |
Construction Began: | 1922 |
Opening: | March 22, 1925 |
Status: | Operational |
Owner: | Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) |
Plant Name: | Renala Khurd Hydroelectric Plant |
Plant Coordinates: | 36.1153°N 73.9167°W |
Plant Operator: | WAPDA |
Plant Commission: | 1925 |
Plant Turbines: | 5 x 22kW |
Plant Capacity: | 1.1MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 3.61GWh |
Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant (RKHPP), also known as Ganga Ram Powerhouse, and Zaheer-ud-Din Babar Powerhouse, is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric generation station with a capacity, located at Renala Khurd, Okara District, North-East of Punjab province of Pakistan, on the flows of Lower Bari Doab Canal.[1] It is located about away from Lahore and away from the district capital Okara city towards south-west of Lahore on national highway (GT Road) and on Lahore-Karachi main railway line. Having five turbine units, each rated for 22kW production capacity, this plant was set up to meet the electricity needs of the Mitchells Fruit Farms and Food Processing.[2]
Sir Ganga Ram (1851–1927), a civil engineer and philanthropist, established Renala Hydral Power Station in 1925, Pakistan's (Indian subcontinent's) first hydropower station.[3]