Dargai Hydropower Plant

Dargai (Malakand-II) Hydropower Plant (MHPP-II) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric power generation station having about 20 megawatt generation capacity (four units of 5.0 MW each). It is located at the region of Dargai, Malakand within the province of Khyber Pajhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is functions on the flow of the Swat River. It is about 210 km far from Pakistan's capital Islamabad and 45 km from the city of Mardan. 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.^[1][2]

Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Location of Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II) in Pakistan
Official name	Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Location	Dargai, Malakand District, KPK, Pakistan
Coordinates	34°31′07.77″N 71°55′08.11″E
Status	Operational
Opening date	December 1952
Owner	Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Swat River
Dargai Hydropower Plant (Malakand-II)
Operator	WAPDA
Commission date	December 1952
Type	Run-of-the-river
Turbines	4 × 5.0 MW
Installed capacity	20 MW
Annual generation	162 million units (GWh)

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

See also

• Pakistan portal
• Water portal
• Renewable energy portal

• List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
• List of power stations in Pakistan
• Khan Khwar Hydropower Project
• Satpara Dam
• Gomal Zam Dam
• Duber Khwar hydropower project