List of power stations in Pakistan
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This is a list of power stations in Pakistan
. Pakistan had a total installed power generation capacity of 21,000 MWh in 2011.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Pakistan had a total installed power generation capacity of 21,000 MWh in 2011.
Fossil
| Station | Community | Location Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... | Capacity (MW) | Status |
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| Kapco | 1,600 | Operational; Oil and Natural Gas fired thermal stations | ||
| Hub Power Company Hub Power Company Hub Power Company Limited is located at Hub, Lasbela District, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Hub Power Company is a large, private-sector power company and its 1,200 MW plant is located 60 km from Karachi in Hub... |
1,286 | Operational; Oil fired thermal station | ||
| Bin Qasim Power Plant | 1,196 | Operational; Oil and Natural Gas fired thermal station | ||
| Jamshoro Power Company | 1,054 | Operational; Oil and Natural Gas fired thermal stations | ||
| Guddu Thermal Station | 1,049 | Operational; Natural Gas fired thermal stations | ||
| Lalpir & Pakgen Thermal Station | 727 | Operational; Oil fired thermal stations | ||
| Uch Power Plant Uch Power Plant Uch Power Plant is a combined cycle power plant, located in Dera Murad Jamali, District Nasirabad, Baluchistan, Pakistan. It has 3 gas turbines and 1 steam turbine which can generate an output of 586 MW. It is regarded as the best power plant in the region with an availability of 97% and above. Uch... |
596 | Operational; Natural Gas fired thermal station | ||
| Rousch Power Plant | Abdul Hakeem | 30°34′7"N 72°8′25"E | 450 | Operational; Natural Gas fired thermal station |
| TNB Liberty Power Plant | 250 | Operational; Natural Gas fired thermal station |
Hydroelectric
| Station | Community | Location Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... | Capacity (MW) | Status |
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| Ghazi Barotha Dam Ghazi Barotha Dam Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project is a 1,450 Megawatt run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Indus River in Pakistan.About 1,600 cubic meter per second of water is diverted from the Indus River near the town of Ghazi about 7 km downstream of Tarbela Dam... |
33°46′48"N 72°15′35"E | 1,450 | Operational; Run-of-the-river | |
| Mangla Dam Mangla Dam The Mangla Dam is located on the Jhelum River in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is the sixteenth largest dam in the world. It was built from 1961 to 1967 with funding from the World Bank. The project was designed and supervised by Binnie & Partners of London, and it was built... |
33°08′31"N 73°38′42"E | 1,000 | Operational | |
| Tarbela Dam Tarbela Dam Tarbela Dam on the Indus River in Pakistan is the second largest dam in the world by structural volume. It is located in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about northwest of Islamabad.The dam is high above the riverbed. The dam forms the Tarbela Reservoir, with a surface area of approximately... |
34°05′23"N 72°41′54"E | 3,478 | Operational | |
| Warsak Dam Warsak Dam Warsak Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam located on the Kabul River approximately 20 km northwest of the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.- History :... |
34°09′50"N 71°21′29"E | 243 | Dam completely silted up; Power generation by Run of the river Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation whereby a considerably smaller water storage called pondage or none is used to supply a power station. Run-of-the-river power plants are classified as with or without pondage... |
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| Chashma Dam Chashma Barrage (Ramsar Site) Chashma Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus in Mianwali District of the Punjab province of Pakistan.Chashma Barrage is used for irrigation and flood control.A Ramsar site is located nearby.-See also:* List of barrages and headworks in Pakistan... |
184 | Operational | ||
| Rasul Dam | 32°40′49"N 73°31′15"E | 22 | Operational | |
| Malakand Dam | 22 | Operational | ||
| Dargai Dam | 20 | Operational | ||
| Nadipur Dam | 13 | Operational | ||
| Shadiwal Dam | 14 | Operational | ||
| Chihoki Dam | 14 | Operational | ||
| Renala Dam | 1 | Operational | ||
| Chitral Dam | 1 | Operational | ||
| Kuram Garhi Dam | 4 | Operational | ||
| Jagran Dam | 30 | Operational | ||
| Akhori Dam Akhori Dam The Akhori Dam Project is one of the projects of Water Vision 2025, which is proposed by the former Pakistan Muslim League 's Government. The dam will stored about 8.6 billion cubic meters of water that is split filling the Tarbela reservoir during the monsoon season.-Controversy:The local people... |
600 | Under consideration; In pre-feasibility study stage | ||
| Gomal Zam Dam Gomal Zam Dam Gomal Zam Dam is a hydro-electric power and irrigation project under construction in northwest Pakistan. It sits on the Gomal River in the South Waziristan Agency. The Gomal flows from neighboring Afghanistan southeast to the Indus River, of which it is a tributary... |
17 | Under construction; expected to be completed by Dec 2012 | ||
| Diamer-Bhasha Dam Diamer-Bhasha dam Diamer-Bhasha Dam is an under-construction roller compacted concrete dam on the River Indus in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan on 18 October 2011. Upon completion, Diamer-Bhasha Dam would be the highest RCC dam in the world... |
35°31′0"N 73°47′31"E | 4,500 | Under construction; To be completed in 2018 | |
| Allai hydropower project | 121 | Under construction; To be completed in Feb 2012 | ||
| Khan Khwar hydropower project | 72 | Completed; in testing | ||
| Duber Khwar hydropower project | 130 | Under construction; to be completed by Dec 2011 | ||
| Jinnah hydropower project | 96 | Under construction; To be completed in 2010 The under construction plant was damaged when it submerged during 2010 Pakistan floods 2010 Pakistan floods The 2010 Pakistan floods began in late July 2010, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions of Pakistan and affected the Indus River basin. Approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's total land area was underwater, approximately... |
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| Neelum Jhelum Hydropower | 969 | Under construction to be completed by 2016 | ||
| Satpara Dam Satpara Dam Satpara Dam is an under-construction medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced earth-filled dam located downstream of the existing Satpara Lake on the Satpara Stream approximateley 4 km from the town of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.... |
17.3 | Under construction; expected Dec 2010 | ||
| Golen Gol project | 106 | To be completed by the end of 2013 | ||
| Kohala Kohala Kohala may refer to:*Kohala, Hawaii, two districts on the island of Hawaii*Kohala , an extinct volcano in Hawaii*Kohala, Pakistan, a city*Kohala Bridge, a bridge*Kohala, Jalandhar a village in Punjab, India... |
1,100 | Detailed engineering design or tender of documents under process | ||
| Bunji Bunji -People:*Bunji Garlin, a musician from Trinidad and Tobago*Bunji Kimura , a Japanese football player and coach*Bruce Bunji Kuwabara , a Canadian architect*Haruo Minami , a Japanese singer... |
7,100 | Feasibility studies in progress. | ||
| Phandar | 80 | Detailed engineering design or tender of documents under process | ||
| Basho Basho Basho may refer to:*Bashō, Edo-period Japanese haiku poet*Basho , a crater on Mercury*Bashō, a Noh play by Komparu Zenchiku* Basho, a concept in Kitaro Nishida's philosophy* Basho, a contest in sumo wrestling, especially one of the honbasho... |
28 | Detailed engineering design or tender of documents under process | ||
| Keyal Khwar | 122 | Detailed engineering design or tender of documents under process | ||
| Lawi | 70 | Detailed engineering design or tender of documents under process | ||
| Harpo Harpo Harpo may refer to:*Harpo Marx, an actor and musician best known as a member of the Marx Brothers*Harpo Productions, a multimedia company founded by Oprah Winfrey... |
33 | Detailed engineering design or tender of documents under process | ||
| Kurram Tangi Dam | 83.4 | under construction or under engineering study | ||
| Munda Dam Munda Dam Munda Dam is an under-construction medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced rock-filled dam located on the Swat River approximately 37 km north of Peshawar and 5 km upstream of Munda Headworks in the Mohmand Agency of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas .Upon completion, the dam will... |
740 | Under engineering study | ||
| Bara Dam | 5.8 | under construction or under engineering study | ||
| Dasau | 4,320 | Feasibility studies ongoing< | ||
| Lower Spat Gah | 567 | Feasibility studies ongoing | ||
| Lower Palas Valley | 621 | Feasibility studies ongoing | ||
| Thakot Thakot Thakot is a tribal town on the Indus River in Battagram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is also one of twenty Union Councils of Battagram District, and one of twelve in Battagram Tehsil. It is located at 34°45'0N 72°55'0E at an altitude of 1131 m ,Most of the people living here... |
34°45′N 72°55′E | 2,800 | Feasibility studies ongoing | |
| Patan Patan Patan may refer to places in Afghanistan, India and Nepal:Afghanistan*Patan, AfghanistanIndia*Patan district, in the state of Gujarat**Patan, Gujarat, the main city of the same district*Patan, Rajasthan, an historical city in Rajputana... |
2,800 | Feasibility studies ongoing |
Nuclear
| Station | Community | Location Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... | Capacity (MW) | Status |
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| Chashma Nuclear Power Complex 1 (CHASNUPP-1) | 32°23′30.57"N 71°27′42.35"E | 300 | Operational | |
| Chashma Nuclear Power Complex 2 (CHASNUPP-2) | 32°23′25"N 71°27′45"E | 300 | Connected to electricity grid on 14/3/2011 | |
| Chashma Nuclear Power Complex 3 (CHASNUPP-3) | 300 | Approved | ||
| Chashma Nuclear Power Complex 4 (CHASNUPP-4) | 300 | Approved | ||
| Karachi Nuclear Power Plant | 24°50′41"N 66°47′20"E | 125 | Partially Operational at 100MWh since 2002 upon exceeding its design life; To be decommissioned in 2012 | |
Renewables
| Station | Community | Location Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... | Capacity (MW) | Status |
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| Jhimpir Wind Power Plant Jhimpir Wind Power Plant On October 15, 2008, a Turkish company was reportedly close to completing the first windmill in Pakistan. The Jhimpir Wind Power PlantFive wind turbines in Jhimpir, 70 km from Karachi are being developed by the local subsidiary of a Turkish company... |
6 (plan to extend to 250) | Operational; Pakistan's first wind power station Wind power Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships.... |
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| Thatta Power Plant | Sindh | 150 | Proposed solar power station | |
| Wind Power Plant | Punjab | 1000 | Proposed wind power station Wind power Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships.... |
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| Wind Power Plant | Sindh | 1000 | Proposed wind power station Wind power Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships.... |
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| Solar Power Plant | Punjab | 200 | Proposed solar power station Solar power Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available... |
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| Solar Power Plant | Sindh | 100 | Proposed solar power station Solar power Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available... |
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See also
- List of power stations in Asia
- List of largest power stations in the world
- Iran–Pakistan–India gas pipeline
- Electricity sector in PakistanElectricity sector in PakistanElectricity in Pakistan is generated, transmitted, distributed and retail supplied by two vertically integrated public sector utilities: Water and Power Development Authority for all of Pakistan , and the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation for the City of Karachi and its surrounding areas...