Dargai (Malakand-II) Hydropower Plant (MHPP-II) is a small, low-head,

run-of-the-river Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amou ...

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...

power generation station having about 20 megawatt generation capacity (four units of 5.0 MW each). It is located at the region of

Dargai Dargai (; ) is one of the tehsils of Malakand District (the other being Batkhela) in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It located on the main highway from Peshawar to Swat, Dir and Chitral. The town of Dargai is experiencing ...

, Malakand within the province of Khyber Pajhtunkhwa,

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. It is functions on the flow of the

Swat River The Swat River (, ) is a perennial river in the northern region of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. The river's source is in the high glacial valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains, where it then flows into the Kalam Valley before for ...

. It is about 210 km far from

's capital

Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...

and 45 km from the city of

Mardan Mardān is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). ...

. It is a small hydel power generating plant constructed and put in commercial operation in December, 1952, generating an average annual yield of 162 million units (GWh) of much needed least expensive electricity.

Salient Technical Features

Installed capacity: 20 MW (4 Units of 5.0 MW each)
Annual Net Electrical Output: 162 GWh
Design Discharge: 34 m³/s (8.5 m³/s per unit)
Rated Net: Head 76.8 m
Generation Voltage: 11 kV
Transmission Voltage: 132 kV

References

Dams completed in 1952 Hydroelectric power stations in Pakistan Run-of-the-river power stations Dams in Pakistan 1952 establishments in Pakistan Energy infrastructure completed in 1952 {{Pakistan-powerstation-stub

Salient Technical Features

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