Dargai Hydropower Plant

Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Location of Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II) in Pakistan
Official name Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Location Dargai, Malakand District, KPK, Pakistan
Coordinates 34°31′07.77″N 71°55′08.11″E / 34.5188250°N 71.9189194°E / 34.5188250; 71.9189194Coordinates: 34°31′07.77″N 71°55′08.11″E / 34.5188250°N 71.9189194°E / 34.5188250; 71.9189194
Status Operational
Opening date December 1952
Owner(s) Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Impounds Swat River
Power station
Name Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Operator(s) WAPDA
Commission date December 1952
Type Run-of-the-river
Turbines 4 × 5.0 MW
Installed capacity 20 MW
Annual generation 162 million units (GWh)

Dargai (Malakand-II) Hydropower Plant (MHPP-II) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric power generation station of 20 megawatt generation capacity (four units of 5.0 MW each), located at Dargai, Malakand District, KPK province of Pakistan on the flows of Swat River and about 210 km from Pakistan's Capital Islamabad, 45 km from the city of Mardan. It is a small hydel power generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation on December 1952 generating Average Annual yield of 162 million units (GWh) of much needed least expensive electricity.[1][1][2]

Salient Technical Features

Installed Capacity: 20 MW (4 Units of 5.0 MW each)
Annual Net Electrical Output: 162 GWh
Design Discharge: 34 m3/s (8.5 m3/s per unit)
Rated Net: Head 76.8 m
Generation Voltage: 11 kV
Transmission Voltage: 132 kV

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "WAPDA VISION-2025" (PDF). 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  2. ↑ "WAPDA - Ongoing Projects". wapda.gov.pk. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
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