Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant

Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant
Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant
	Location of Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant in Pakistan
Official name	Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant
Location	Renala Khurd, Okara District, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates	30°52′57.70″N 073°35′52.77″E / 30.8826944°N 73.5979917°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1922
Opening date	March 22, 1925
Owner(s)	Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	run-of-the-river
Impounds	Lower Bari Doab Canal
Renala Khurd Hydroelectric Plant
Coordinates	36°6′55″N 73°55′0″E / 36.11528°N 73.91667°E
Operator(s)	WAPDA
Commission date	1925
Turbines	5 x 22 kW (30 hp)
Installed capacity	1.1 MW (1,500 hp)
Annual generation	3.61 GWh (13.0 TJ)

Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant (RKHPP), also known as Ganga Ram Powerhouse, and Zaheer-ud-Din Babar Powerhouse, is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric generation station with a 1.1 megawatts (1,500 hp) capacity, located at Renala Khurd, Okara District, North-East of Punjab province of Pakistan, on the flows of Lower Bari Doab Canal.^[1] It is located about 116 kilometres (72 mi) away from Lahore and 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from the district capital Okara city towards south-west of Lahore on national highway (GT Road) and on Lahore-Karachi main railway line. Having five turbine units, each rated for 22 kW (30 hp) production capacity, this plant was set up to meet the electricity needs of the Mitchells Fruit Farms and Food Processing.^[2]

History

Sir Ganga Ram (1851–1927), a civil engineer and philanthropist, established Renala Hydral Power Station in 1925, Pakistan's (Indian subcontinent's) first hydropower station.^[3]