The Kakkad Hydroelectric Power Plant is located near
Seethathode, in the
Pathanamthitta district
Pathanamthitta District (), is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. The district headquarters is in the town of Pathanamthitta. There are four municipalitie ...
of the Indian state of
Kerala
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. It is operated by the
Kerala State Electricity Board
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is an Indian public sector undertaking under the Government of Kerala that generates, transmits and distributes electricity in the state. Established in 1957, the agency comes under the authority of the Po ...
.
This hydropower plant has a design capacity of 50
MWe
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named in honor o ...
. It has 2 turbines, commissioned in 1998 and 1999.
Features
The project is in the second stage of development. The installed capacity is 50 MW (2 x 25MW). This scheme utilizes the tail race water from Sabarigiri power station and water from the
Moozhiyar and Velluthode rivers. Two dams store water for the powerhouse. The main reservoir is on the Moozhiyar. The second reservoir is formed by the
Veluthodu dam, across the Velluthode river. After generating power, water is released to the
Kakkad River.
Ullunkal and Karikkayam power stations use this water for power generation and then release it into the
Maniyar reservoir for power generation at the Maniyar power station.
Related projects
*Kakkad Power House
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Upper Moozhiyar Dam
*Upper Moozhiyar Spillway Dam
*Veluthoda Forebay (Kakkad) Dam
*
Moolamattom hydro power station
The Moolamattom hydro power station is the power house of the Kerala State Electricity Board's Idukki Hydroelectric Project , the largest hydroelectric project in Kerala, India, with a capacity to generate 2398 million units of electricity annua ...
References
External links
* http://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/43256 This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under
Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) license
* http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kakkad_Hydroelectric_Project_JH01238
* https://web.archive.org/web/20180419021140/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kakkad_Hep_Power_House_PH01245
* http://www.kseb.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=717&lang=en
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15gYl0vntP4
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Hydroelectric power stations in Kerala
Pamba River
Buildings and structures in Pathanamthitta district