Fact Sheet

 

Location Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India 
Installed capacity 86 MW
Type Run-of-river
Average annual output 350 GWh
Gross head 480 m
Design flow 26 m3/sec
Equipment Two 43 MW vertical 6-jet
Pelton units
850 m steel penstock
Surface powerhouse
Commercial operation

July 2001

Capital cost 70 M US$
Power purchase Merchant power plant
Agreement

Current PPA with PTC, India

Ownership Bhilwara Group 51%  
Other equity owners Statkraft , Norway 49%
Partner Statkraft , Norway
Financing Local Indian Banks
Greenhouse gas saving

Est. 200 000 tonnes pa

Size of the reservoir

235,000 cubic meters

Design discharge

21 cubic meters/sec

Diameter of the penstock 2.2 meters
Number of head race tunnel

One - 3,300 m long

Size of the powerhouse 55 mx18.7 mx28.9 m
Type of turbines Pelton, vertical axis
Generating units 2 of 43 MW