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Baspa-II
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: Jaiprakash Hydro-power Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 103 MW Pelton
Operation: 2003
T/G supplier: Vevey, Pelton
EPC: Jaiprakash Industries
Quick facts: At completion,
Baspa-II was India’s largest private-power
hydro plant. The scheme includes a diversion barrage, a power intake, two desilting chambers, a 7.95km long head race tunnel, an underground
powerhouse, and 400kV switchyard.
Photograph courtesy of
Jaiprakash Associates Ltd
Posted 7 Aug 2004 |
Binwa
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: Himachal Pradesh SEB
Configuration: 2 X 3 MW
Operation: 1986
T/G supplier: ??
Photograph courtesy of
Himachal Pradesh SEB
Posted 20 Jun 2004 |
Chamera I
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: National Hydroelectric Power Corp Ltd
Configuration: 3 X 180 MW Francis
Operation: 1994
T/G supplier: Alstom, CGE
EPC: SNC Lavalin
Quick facts: Chamera Stage I is on the River Ravi. The 140m high, 295m
long concrete arch gravity dam at Churah retains water that passes through
a 6.4km, 9.5m dia head race tunnel to the underground
powerhouse at Khairi at the
confluence with the River Seva. The project cost Rs 2114
Crore.
Photograph courtesy of
Ministry of Water Resources
Posted 11 Mar 2006 |
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Gaj
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: Himachal Pradesh SEB
Configuration: 3 X 3.5 MW Pelton
Operation: 1989
T/G supplier: Voest
Photograph courtesy of
Himachal Pradesh SEB
Posted 20 Jun 2004 |
Kailash Chand Mahajan
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: Himachal Pradesh SEB
Operation: 2000
Configuration: 1 X 1 MW Francis
T/G supplier: Triveni, Kirloskar
EPC: Subhash Projects
Quick facts: This plant is named after
Padmashree Kailash Chand Mahajan, a former Chief Engineer of Punjab
and later Chairman of Himachal Pradesh SEB.
Photograph courtesy of
Alternate Hydro Energy Center
Posted 29 Dec 2008 |
Malana
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: Malana Power Co Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 43-MW Francis
Operation: 2001
T/G supplier: BHEL
EPC: RSW Inc
Quick facts: In Jan 1999, construction got
underway on the run-of-river Malana hydo plant at Chauki Village, Kulu
district. The operator and 51% owner is Malana Power, a member
of the LNJ Bhilwara Group. SN Power has a 49% stake
in the Rs3,320cr merchant plant. Malana was commissioned in July
2001 after 30mos of construction, a then record for India. The 6-jet
Pelton turbines are at the base of a 850m steel-lined pressure shaft and
run baseload during hte rainy season
Photograph courtesy of SN Power
Posted 16 Jun 2010 |
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Nathpa Jakri
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: SJVN Ltd
Configuration: 6 X 250 MW Francis
Operation: 2003-2004
T/G supplier: Kvaerner, Siemens
EPC: CEA, Continental Construction, Foundation Co of Canada
Quick facts: At completion, this was the largest hydroelectric plant in
India. The construction contracts were awarded in May 1993. The project
scope includes a 61.5m concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River, 4
intakes, 4 desilting chambers, a 10.15m diameter, 27.3km headrace tunnel
terminating in 21m diamenter, 225m deep surge shafts, and three 4.9m
pressure shafts giving a head of 425m at the underground powerhouse.
Production is expected to be 6.8-7.4 TWh/yr depending on flows.
Photograph courtesy of
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd
Posted 20 Jun 2004 |
Pong Dam
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: Bhakra Beas Management Board
Configuration: 6 X 66 MW Francis
Operation: 1978-1983
T/G supplier: BHEL
EPC: Beas Design Organisation, Axel Johnson Engineering
Quick facts: The Indus Waters Treaty governs the use of the Beas River.
The second phase of the Beas Project is the Pong Dam, built on the
Beas just before it enters the plains at Talwara. At 435ft maximum height,
the gravel-shell, earth-core dam was the tallest of its type in India at
completion in 1975. The Maharana Partap Reservoir behind the dam is a major recreational and
wildlife sanctuary.
Photograph courtesy of
Bhakra Beas Management Board
Posted 4 Mar 2009 |
Rongtong
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: Himachal Pradesh SEB
Configuration: 3 X 750-kW Francis
Operation: 1986
T/G supplier: Jyoti
EPC: AHEC, PCP International
Quick facts: This plant is sited at 3,600m altitude, reputedly the
highest hydroelectric plant in the world. Construction took about 10yrs.
Photograph courtesy of
Himachal Pradesh SEB
Posted 28 Apr 2010 |
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Shanan
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Operator: Punjab State Electricity Board
Configuration: 4 X 15 MW, 1 X 50 MW Pelton
Operation: 1932-1982
T/G supplier: Ganz, Alsthom, BHEL
Quick facts: This scheme was initiated by Col Battye, Chief Engineer of
the government of Punjab, in 1922. It uses water from two small rivulets
at an altitude of about 6,000ft, in the Brot Calley. The 48-MW first stage
cost Rs2.5mn and was commissioned in 1932. The machines were
rehabilitated and uprated in 1982 to 15 MW. The 50-MW second phase was
commissioned in Mar 1982.
Photograph courtesy of
Punjab State Electricity Board
Posted 7 Dec 2008 |
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