The Duber Khwar Hydropower Plant is located near the town of Pattan in Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on the Duber Khwar River, a right bank tributary of the Indus River. It is approximately 340 km NW from Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan.[1]
The total electricity generation capacity of the Duber Khwar project is 130 MW.[1] There are two vertical Pelton wheel turbine units of 65 MW installed at the Duber Khwar Hydroelectric Station. These turbines are manufactured by Andritz Hydro Austria.[2] Andritz Hydro Austria supplied and installed the complete electro-mechanical equipment and services with a focus on its "water to wire" concept. The supplies consisted of two 65 MW Pelton-type turbines with a rated head of 516 m, associated generators and generator auxiliaries and the complete electrical power systems.[3]
Construction of the Duber Khwar Hydropower Plant commenced in June 2003, and the project was completed in June 2013. The plant began commercial operations in January 2014.[2] The total cost of the project was about PKR 16.325 billion. At its completion, the Duber Khwar hydropower project was projected to generate 595 million units of low-cost hydel electricity per annum.[4]
Dam
Type: Concrete gravity dam
Length: 202 m.
Height: 40.5 m.
Design Discharge: 29 cusecs
Headrace tunnel length: 4.873 km
Design head: 535 m.[5][1]
See also
- Allai Khwar Hydropower Plant
- Gomal Zam Dam
- List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
- List of power stations in Pakistan
- Satpara Dam
References
- ^ a b c "Duber Khwar Hydropower Project: Updated as on 31.05.2014". Water & Power Development Authority. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ a b "First Unit at Pakistan's 130-MW Duber Khwar Hydroelectric Plant Generating Power". HydroWorld.com. 6 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "30MW Duber Khwar Hydropower Project Starts Test Production". The Nation. Associated Press of Pakistan. 4 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ Munawar Hasan (1 March 2014). "Duber Khwar Hydropower Project Completed". The News International. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ^ "Pakistan, Duber Khwar Hydropower Project". Sinohydro. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.