Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant
Dam in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant (KGHPP) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric power generation station at Kurram Garhi, a small town in Bannu in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The station with a 4-megawatt generation capacity (four units of 1 MW each), is located on the flows of Kuchkot Canal from Kurram River. It is a small hydel power generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation in February 1958 with the average annual electricity generation capacity of 17 million units (GWh) of least expensive electricity.[1]
Official nameKurram Garhi Hydropower Plant
LocationKurram Garhi, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates33°02′00.48″N 70°31′56.09″E
StatusOperational
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  Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant Location of Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant in Pakistan | |
| Official name | Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant |
| Location | Kurram Garhi, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Coordinates | 33°02′00.48″N 70°31′56.09″E |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | February 1958 |
| Owner | Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | run-of-the-river |
| Impounds | Kuchkot Canal from Kurram River |
| Kurram Garhi Hydropower Plant | |
| Operator | WAPDA |
| Commission date | February 1958 |
| Turbines | 4 x 1.00 MW |
| Installed capacity | 4 MW |
| Annual generation | 17 million units (GWh) |
