Pakpatan Hydropower Project

Pakpattan Hydropower Plant
Location of Pakpattan Hydropower Plant in Pakistan
Official name Pakpattan Hydropower Plant
Location Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates 30°20′42″N 73°23′06″E / 30.345°N 73.385°E / 30.345; 73.385Coordinates: 30°20′42″N 73°23′06″E / 30.345°N 73.385°E / 30.345; 73.385
Status Operational
Construction began January 2010
(completed on 4 March 2016)
Opening date 25 March 2017
Owner(s) Punjab Power Management Unit (PPMU)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam RCC
Impounds Upper Chenab Canal
Power Station
Commission date 2017
Hydraulic head 4.2 m (14 ft)
Turbines 2 x 1.42 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity 2.82 MW

Pakpattan Hydropower Plant is a small hydro, low head project of 4.2 metres, located in the Pakpattan District on the Upper Chenab Canal, in Punjab Province, Pakistan. It is approximately 245 km from the provincial capital of Lahore in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.[1]

The total electricity generation capacity of the Pakpattan Hydropower Plant is 2.82 MW.

Financing

Asian Development Bank (ADB) provided a loan of US$28.435 million from July 2009 onwards to complete the works on the project. The total cost of the project is estimated to be PKR 3.3 billion.

Construction

Power House is in commercial operation since 25 March 2017. The Chinese firm handed over the Project to PPDCL on 8 March 2017.[2]

Dam:
Type: Small hydro
Design Discharge: 2800 Cusecs
Design Head: 4.2 m.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Chinese company hands over Allai Khwar power project to WAPDA". Paktribune.


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