Location Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Construction began 2016 Height 57 m Construction cost 2.4 billion USD | Status Under construction Opening date 2021 Surface area 78 km² Impound Jhelum River | |
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Official name Kohala Hydropower Project Type of dam Gravity, roller-compacted concrete Owner Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Similar Jhelum River, Karot Hydropower Project, Suki Kinari Hydropower Project, Patrind Hydropower Plant, Gulpur Hydropower Project | ||
Kohala hydropower project khpp
The Kohala Hydropower Project is a proposed run-of-the-river, high head project of 316 meters that will be located near Kohala, in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
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Location
The dam site is just upstream of Domel on Jhelum River near Siran Village 174 km from Islamabad and powerhouse is located at Barsala 7 km upstream from Kohala Bridge.
Background
China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC), the state-owned hydropower developer, won the right to develop a hydroelectric dam in Pakistan on January 7, 2015. The Kohala Hydropower Project will be CTGC's largest investment in Pakistan.
Design
The dam's feasibility study and detailed engineering designs were performed by SMEC. The Kohala hydroelectric scheme will have a gravity, roller-concrete compacted dam on the upper branch of the Jhelum, 40 km from Muzaffarabad. The powerhouse, on the lower branch of the Jhelum near Barasala, will house four 275-MW Pelton turbines.
Tariffs
CWE is required to construct the project on a build, own, operate and transfer basis. In 2014, local published reports said the average tariff for the first 12 years was set at 8.9 cents per unit and during the following 18 years would be 5.1 cents per unit. The average tariff for the 30-year life of the project is 7.9 cents per unit. The tariff ensures 17 per cent return on equity on internal rate of return basis.
Carbon credit
The project is expected to earn carbon credit from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for clean energy development under the Kyoto protocol.
