Shadiwal Hydropower Plant

Dam in Punjab, Pakistan

32°30′38.80″N 74°00′36.27″E / 32.5107778°N 74.0100750°E / 32.5107778; 74.0100750StatusOperationalOpening dateJune 1961Owner(s)Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)Dam and spillwaysImpoundsUpper Jhelum CanalShadiwal Hydroelectric PlantOperator(s)WAPDACommission dateJune 1961Turbines2 x 6.75 MWInstalled capacity13.5 MWAnnual generation42.67 million units (GWh)

Shadiwal Hydropower Plant (SHPP) is a small, low-head hydroelectric generation station of 13.5 megawatt generation capacity (two units of 6.75 MW each), located near Gujrat city at Shadiwal 100 kilometer North-West of Lahore, Punjab province of Pakistan, on the flows of Upper Jhelum Canal. It is a small hydropower generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation in June 1961 with the Average Annual generating capacity of 42.67 million units of least expensive electricity.^[1]

References

^ Hussain, Mazhar. "Development of Low Head Hydropower Projects on Canals In Punjab Pakistan" (PDF). Centenary Celebration (1912 – 2012). Pakistan Engineering Congress. Retrieved 27 March 2014.