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Pallivasal Hydroelectric Project is the first
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project in
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, India. The project consists of 2 reservoirs, 2 dams, a diversion dam and a power house and is owned by the Kerala State Electricity Board. The power house of the project has been constructed at Chithirapuram in Pallivasal Gram Panchayat,
Munnar Munnar () is a town located in the Idukki district of the southwestern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around above mean sea level, in the Western Ghats mountain range. This ancient plantat ...
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Idukki District Idukki (ഇടുക്കി; ) is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala in the southwest of the country. It is the largest district in Kerala and lies amid the Cardamom Hills of Western Ghats in Kerala. Idukki district co ...
. The first unit was inaugurated in March 1940 by the Travancore Diwan C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer. The second unit and third unit was commissioned in February 1941 and February 1942 respectively. In 1944, Ramaswamy Iyer constructed the R. A headworks dam on Muthirapuzha, a tributary of
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Munnar Munnar () is a town located in the Idukki district of the southwestern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around above mean sea level, in the Western Ghats mountain range. This ancient plantat ...
to divert the water. In 1950, the capacity was increased from 4.5 MW to 5 MW by replacing the water wheels. In the first phase of the project, three units of 5 MW capacity were completed and the capacity of 15 MW was achieved. In the second phase, three turbines of 7.5 MW capacity, and the Kundala Dam and Mattupetti Dam for water storage were constructed, which took the installed capacity of the project to 37 MW.


Power generation

The Pallivasal Hydroelectric Project is generating 37.5 MW of electricity using 3 turbines of 5 MW (PELTON TYPE- Escherwyss Switzerland) and 3 turbines of 7.5 MW (PELTON TYPE- Boving UK). The annual production capacity of the project is 284 million unit.


See also

* Moolamattom hydro power station


References

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