Dargai Hydropower Plant

Dam in KPK, Pakistan

34°31′07.77″N 71°55′08.11″E / 34.5188250°N 71.9189194°E / 34.5188250; 71.9189194StatusOperationalOpening dateDecember 1952Owner(s)Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)Dam and spillwaysImpoundsSwat RiverDargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)Operator(s)WAPDACommission dateDecember 1952TypeRun-of-the-riverTurbines4 × 5.0 MWInstalled capacity20 MWAnnual generation162 million units (GWh)

Dargai (Malakand-II) Hydropower Plant (MHPP-II) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric power generation station having about 20 megawatt generation capacity (four units of 5.0 MW each). It is located at the region of Dargai, Malakand within the province of Khyber Pajhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is functions on the flow of the Swat River. It is about 210 km far from Pakistan's capital Islamabad and 45 km from the city of Mardan. It is a small hydel power generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation in December, 1952, generating an average annual yield of 162 million units (GWh) of much needed least expensive electricity.^[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

References

^ "WAPDA VISION-2025" (PDF). 29 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
^ "WAPDA - Ongoing Projects". wapda.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-08-27.