Duber Khwar Hydroelectric Plant

Duber Khwar Hydropower Plant
Location of Duber Khwar Hydropower Plant in Pakistan
Official name	Duber Khwar Hydropower Plant
Location	Pattan, Kohistan, KPK, Pakistan
Coordinates	35°7′9.82″N 072°55′38.51″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	June 2003
Opening date	June 2013
Owner(s)	Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity, roller-compacted concrete
Impounds	Duber Khwar River
Height	40.5 m (133 ft)
Length	202 m (663 ft)
Duber Khwar Hydroelectric Plant
Coordinates	35°6′17.98″N 72°59′39.02″E
Operator(s)	WAPDA
Commission date	January 2014
Turbines	2 x 65 MW Pelton-type
Installed capacity	130 MW
Annual generation	595GWh

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

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. 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.
5. "Pakistan, Duber Khwar Hydropower Project". Sinohydro. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.