Status Operational Impounds Swat River | Opening date December 1952 Impound Swat River | |
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Official name Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II) Location Dargai, Malakand District, KPK, Pakistan Name Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II) Owner Water and Power Development Authority Similar Allai Khwar Hydropower Plant, New Bong Escape Hydropo, Darawat Dam, Nai Gaj Dam | ||
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.
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