Shadiwal Hydropower Plant

Shadiwal Hydropower Plant
Location of Shadiwal Hydropower Plant in Pakistan
Official name Shadiwal Hydropower Plant
Location Shadiwal, Gujrat District, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates 32°30′38.80″N 74°00′36.27″E / 32.5107778°N 74.0100750°E / 32.5107778; 74.0100750Coordinates: 32°30′38.80″N 74°00′36.27″E / 32.5107778°N 74.0100750°E / 32.5107778; 74.0100750
Status Operational
Opening date June 1961
Owner(s) Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Impounds Upper Jhelum Canal
Power station
Name Shadiwal Hydroelectric Plant
Operator(s) WAPDA
Commission date June 1961
Turbines 2 x 6.75 MW
Installed capacity 13.5 MW
Annual generation 42.67 million units (GWh)

Shadiwal Hydropower Plant (SHPP) is a small, low-head hydroelectric generation station of 13.5 megawatt generation capacity (two units of 6.75 MW each), located near Gujrat city at Shadiwal 100 kilometer North-West of Lahore, Punjab province of Pakistan, on the flows of Upper Jhelum Canal. It is a small hydropower generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation on June 1961 with the Average Annual generating capacity of 42.67 million units of least expensive electricity.[1]

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References

  1. Hussain, Mazhar. "Development of Low Head Hydropower Projects on Canals In Punjab Pakistan" (PDF). Centenary Celebration (1912 – 2012). Pakistan Engineering Congress. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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