Khopoli is a 72MW hydro power project. It is located on Patalganga river/basin in Maharashtra, India. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1915. Buy the profile here.
Smarter leaders trust GlobalData
Description
The project is developed and owned by Tata Power.
Khopoli is a reservoir based project. The gross head of the project is 515m. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 6 in number. The penstock length is 1,356m. The penstock diameter is 0.97m. The project generated 321.83 GWh of electricity.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 1915.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking under a power purchase agreement.
Contractors involved
Voith Hydro Holding was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 3 units of pelton turbines, each with 24MW nameplate capacity.
Voith Hydro Holding supplied 3 electric generators for the project.
For more details on Khopoli, buy the profile here.
About Tata Power
Tata Power Co Ltd (Tata Power) is an integrated power utility which generates, transmits, and distributes electricity. Its power generation facilities include thermal power plants, hydro, solar power plants, and wind generation facilities. The company also offers operation and maintenance, project management, technical and quality audit, coal and freight logistics, consultancy and field-testing services. It supplies power to bulk consumers including railways, ports, refineries, textile mills, fertilizer factories, municipal corporations, water pumping plants and other major industries. The company has operational presence in India, Georgia, Singapore, Zambia, Bhutan, Indonesia, South Africa and Mauritius. Tata Power is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Data Insights
From
The gold standard of business intelligence.
Blending expert knowledge with cutting-edge technology, GlobalData’s unrivalled proprietary data will enable you to decode what’s happening in your market. You can make better informed decisions and gain a future-proof advantage over your competitors.
GlobalData, the leading provider of industry intelligence, provided the underlying research used to produce this article.
This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.
