Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant

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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]

Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant
Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant is located in Pakistan
Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant
Location of Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant in Pakistan
Official nameKurram Garhi Hydropower Plant
LocationKurram Garhi, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates33°02′00.48″N 70°31′56.09″E / 33.0334667°N 70.5322472°E / 33.0334667; 70.5322472
StatusOperational
Opening dateFebruary 1958
Owner(s)Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Type of damrun-of-the-river
ImpoundsKuchkot Canal from Kurram River
Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant
Operator(s)WAPDA
Commission dateFebruary 1958
Turbines4 x 1.00 MW
Installed capacity4 MW
Annual generation17 million units (GWh)

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2014-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)